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1. In how many ways can 8 Indians and, 4 American and 4 Englishmen can be seated in a row so that all person of the same nationality sit together?

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Solution:
Taking all person of same nationality as one person, then we will have only three people.
These three person can be arranged themselves in 3! Ways.
8 Indians can be arranged themselves in 8! Way.
4 American can be arranged themselves in 4! Ways.
4 Englishman can be arranged themselves in 4! Ways.
Hence, required number of ways = 3! 8! 4! 4! Ways.
2. How many Permutations of the letters of the word APPLE are there?

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Solution:
APPLE = 5 letters.
But two letters PP is of same kind.
Thus, required permutations,
=5!2!=1202=60
3. How many different words can be formed using all the letters of the word ALLAHABAD?
(a) When vowels occupy the even positions.
(b) Both L do not occur together.

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Solution:
ALLAHABAD = 9 letters. Out of these 9 letters there is 4 A's and 2 L's are there.
So, permutations = 9!4!.2! = 7560

(a) There are 4 vowels and all are alike i.e. 4A's.
_2nd _4th _6th _8th _
These even places can be occupied by 4 vowels. In 4!4! = 1 Way.
In other five places 5 other letter can be occupied of which two are alike i.e. 2L's.
Number of ways = 5!2! Ways.
Hence, total number of ways in which vowels occupy the even places = 5!2! × 1 = 60 ways.

(b) Taking both L's together and treating them as one letter we have 8 letters out of which A repeats 4 times and others are distinct.
These 8 letters can be arranged in 8!4! = 1680 ways.
Also two L can be arranged themselves in 2! ways.
So, Total no. of ways in which L are together = 1680 × 2 = 3360 ways.
Now,
Total arrangement in which L never occur together,
= Total arrangement - Total no. of ways in which L occur together.
= 7560 - 3360
= 4200 ways
4. In how many ways can 10 examination papers be arranged so that the best and the worst papers never come together?

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Solution:
No. of ways in which 10 paper can arranged is 10! Ways.
When the best and the worst papers come together, regarding the two as one paper, we have only 9 papers.
These 9 papers can be arranged in 9! Ways.
And two papers can be arranged themselves in 2! Ways.
No. of arrangement when best and worst paper do not come together,
= 10! - 9! × 2!
= 9!(10 - 2)
= 8 × 9!
5. In how many ways 4 boys and 3 girls can be seated in a row so that they are alternate.

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Solution:
Let the Arrangement be,
B G B G B G B
4 boys can be seated in 4! Ways
Girl can be seated in 3! Ways
Required number of ways,
= 4! × 3!
= 144
6. A two member committee comprising of one male and one female member is to be constitute out of five males and three females. Amongst the females. Ms. A refuses to be a member of the committee in which Mr. B is taken as the member. In how many different ways can the committee be constituted ?

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Solution:
5C1 × 3C1 - 1
= 15 - 1
= 14
7. In how many ways 2 students can be chosen from the class of 20 students?

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Solution:
Number of ways
=20C2=20!2!×18!=20×192=190
8. Three gentlemen and three ladies are candidates for two vacancies. A voter has to vote for two candidates. In how many ways can one cast his vote?

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Solution:
There are 6 candidates and a voter has to vote for any two of them.
So, the required number of ways is,
=6C2=6!2!×4!=15
9. A question paper has two parts, A and B, each containing 10 questions. If a student has to choose 8 from part A and 5 from part B, in how many ways can he choose the questions?

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Solution:
There 10 questions in part A out of which 8 question can be chosen as = 10C8
Similarly, 5 questions can be chosen from 10 questions of Part B as = 10C5
Hence, total number of ways,
=10C8×10C5=10!2!×8!×10!5!×5={10×92}×{10×9×8×7×65×4×3×2×1}=11340
10. Find the number of triangles which can be formed by joining the angular points of a polygon of 8 sides as vertices.

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Solution:
A triangle needs 3 points.
And polygon of 8 sides has 8 angular points.
Hence, number of triangle formed,
=8C3=8×7×61×2×3=56