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The number of ways in which a cricket team of 11 players be chosen out of a batch of 15 players so that the captain of the team is always included, is
MathematicsPermutation CombinationNDANDA 2015 (Phase 2)
Options:
  • A 165
  • B 364
  • C 1001
  • D 1365
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 1001
If captain is always included then we can choose 10 more players out of the remaining 14 players. So
${ }^{14} \mathrm{C}_{10}=\frac{14 !}{10 ! 4 !}=1001$

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