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Consider a class of 5 girls and 7 boys. The number of different teams consisting of 2 girls and 3 boys that can be formed from this class, if there are two specific boys A and B, who refuse to be the members of the same team, is:
MathematicsPermutation CombinationJEE MainJEE Main 2019 (09 Jan Shift 1)
Options:
  • A 300
  • B 200
  • C 500
  • D 350
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 300
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Total number of ways of forming a team of 3 boys and 2 girls =7C3×5C2=7.6.51.2.3×5.41.2=350

Total number of ways of forming a team if two specific boys B1,B2 always join the team

=5C1×5C2=50

So, the total number of ways of forming a team so that two specific boys never come together

=350-50=300

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