Home » Aptitude » Permutation and Combination

From a group of 7 boys and 6 girls, five persons are to be selected to form a team, so that at least 3 girls are there in the team. In how many ways can it be done?

Correct Answer: 531

Explanation:

Given in the question that, there are 7 boys and 6 girls. 


Team members = 5


Now, required number of ways in which a team of 5 having atleast 3 girls in the team = 


6 C 3     x   7 C 2     +   6 C 4   x   7 C 1   +   6 C 5 =   6 x 5 x 4 3 x 2 x 1   x   7 x 6 2 x 1   +   6 x 5 x 4 x 3 4 x 3 x 2 x 1   x   7   +   6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 =   420   +   105   +   6 =   531 .


← Previous Question Next Question→

More Questions from Permutation and Combination

Discussion & Comments

No comments yet. Be the first to comment!
Join Discussion