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- Question
Jay wants to buy a total of 100 plants using exactly a sum of Rs 1000. He can buy Rose plants at Rs 20 per plant or marigold or Sun flower plants at Rs 5 and Re 1 per plant respectively. If he has to buy at least one of each plant and cannot buy any other type of plants, then in how many distinct ways can Jay make his purchase?
Options- A. 3
- B. 6
- C. 4
- D. 2
- Correct Answer
- 3
ExplanationLet the number of Rose plants be ?a?.
Let number of marigold plants be ?b?.
Let the number of Sunflower plants be ?c?.
20a+5b+1c=1000; a+b+c=100Solving the above two equations by eliminating c,
19a+4b=900b = (900-19a)/4
b = 225 - 19a/4----------(1)
b being the number of plants, is a positive integer, and is less than 99, as each of the other two types have at least one plant in the combination i.e .:0 < b < 99--------(2)
Substituting (1) in (2),0 < 225 - 19a/4 < 99
225 < -19a/4 < (99 -225)
=> 4 x 225 > 19a > 126 x 4
=> 900/19 > a > 505
a is the integer between 47 and 27 ----------(3)
From (1), it is clear, a should be multiple of 4.
Hence possible values of a are (28,32,36,40,44)
For a=28 and 32, a+b>100
For all other values of a, we get the desired solution:
a=36,b=54,c=10
a=40,b=35,c=25
a=44,b=16,c=40
Three solutions are possible. - 1. There are five cards lying on the table in one row. Five numbers from among 1 to 100 have to be written on them, one number per card, such that the difference between the numbers on any two adjacent cards is not divisible by 4. The remainder when each of the 5 numbers is divided by 4 is written down on another card (the 6th card) in order. How many sequences can be written down on the 6th card ?
Options- A. 4 x 3^4
- B. 3^4
- C. 4^3
- D. 3 x 4^3 Discuss
- 2. A tea expert claims that he can easily find out whether milk or tea leaves were added first to water just by tasting the cup of tea. In order to check this claims 10 cups of tea are prepared, 5 in one way and 5 in other. Find the different possible ways of presenting these 10 cups to the expert.
Options- A. 340
- B. 210
- C. 290
- D. 252 Discuss
- 3. A standard deck of playing cards has 13 spades. How many ways can these 13 spades be arranged?
Options- A. 13!
- B. 13^2
- C. 13^13
- D. 2! Discuss
- 4. A box contains 2 white balls, 3 black balls and 4 red balls. In how many ways can 3 balls be drawn from the box, if at least one black ball is to be included in the draw?
Options- A. 48
- B. 64
- C. 63
- D. 45 Discuss
- 5. From a group of 7 men and 6 women, five persons are to be selected to form a committee so that at least 3 men are there on the committee. In how many ways can it be done?
Options- A. 564
- B. 735
- C. 756
- D. 657 Discuss
- 6. In how many ways can 100 soldiers be divided into 4 squads of 10, 20, 30, 40 respectively?
Options- A. 1700
- B. 18!
- C. 190
- D. None of these Discuss
- 7. What is the sum of all 3 digits number that can be formed using digits 0,1,2,3,4,5 with no repitition ?
Options- A. 28450
- B. 26340
- C. 32640
- D. 36450 Discuss
- 8. There are 3 bags, in 1st there are 9 Mangoes, in 2nd 8 apples & in 3rd 6 bananas. There are how many ways you can buy one fruit if all the mangoes are identical, all the apples are identical, & also all the Bananas are identical ?
Options- A. 23
- B. 432
- C. 22
- D. 431 Discuss
- 9. Find the sum of the all the numbers formed by the digits 2,4,6 and 8 without repetition. Number may be of any of the form like 2,24,684,4862 ?
Options- A. 133345
- B. 147320
- C. 13320
- D. 145874 Discuss
- 10. A box contains 4 different black balls, 3 different red balls and 5 different blue balls. In how many ways can the balls be selected if every selection must have at least 1 black ball and one red ball ? A) 24 - 1 B) 2425-1 C) (24-1)(23-1)25 D) None
Options- A. A
- B. B
- C. C
- D. D Discuss
Permutation and Combination problems
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Correct Answer: 4 x 3^4
Explanation:
The remainder on the first card can be 0,1,2 or 3 i.e 4 possibilities.
The remainder of the number on the next card when divided by 4 can have 3 possible values (except the one occurred earlier).
For each value on the card the remainder can have 3 possible values.
The total number of possible sequences is: 4*3^4
Correct Answer: 252
Explanation:
Since there are 5 cups of each kind,prepared with milk or tea leaves added first,are identical hence,total number of different people ways of presenting the cups to the expert is 10!/(5! x 5!)= 252
Correct Answer: 13!
Explanation:
The solution to this problem involves calculating a factorial. Since we want to know how 13 cards can be arranged, we need to compute the value for 13 factorial.
13! = (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13) = 6,227,020,800
Correct Answer: 64
Explanation:
We may have(1 black and 2 non-black) or (2 black and 1 non-black) or (3 black).
Required number of ways= = (45 + 18 + 1) =64
Correct Answer: 756
Explanation:
We may have (3 men and 2 women) or (4 men and 1 woman) or (5 men only).
Required number of ways= = 756.
Correct Answer: None of these
Explanation:
Correct Answer: 32640
Explanation:
We know that zero can't be in hundreds place. But let's assume that our number could start with zero.
The formula to find sum of all numbers in a permutation is
111 x no of ways numbers can be formed for a number at given position x sum of all given digits
No of 1 s depends on number of digits
So,the answer us
111 x 20 x (0+1+2+3+4+5) = 33300
We got 20 as follows. If we have 0 in units place we can form a number in 4*5 ways. This is for all numbers. So we have substituted 20 in formula.
Now, this is not the final answer because we have included 0 in hundreds place. so we have to remove the sum of all numbers that starts with 0.
This is nothing but the sum of all 2 digits numbers formed by 1 2 3 4 5. Because 0 at first place makes it a 2 digit number.
So the sum for this is 11 x 4 x (1+2+3+4+5).
=660
Hope u understood why we use 4. Each number can be formed in 4x1 ways
So, the final answer is 33300-660 = 32640
Correct Answer: 23
Explanation:
As in this problem , buying any fruit is different case , as buying apple is independent from buying banana. so ADDITION rule will be used.
= 23 will be answer.
Correct Answer: 147320
Explanation:
Sum of 4 digit numbers = (2+4+6+8) x x (1111) = 20 x 6 x 1111 = 133320
Sum of 3 digit numbers = (2+4+6+8) x
x (111) = 20 x 6 x 111 = 13320
Sum of 2 digit numbers = (2+4+6+8) x
x (11) = 20 x 3 x 11 = 660
Sum of 1 digit numbers = (2+4+6+8) x
x (1) = 20 x 1 x 1 = 20
Adding All , Sum = 147320
Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
It is explicitly given that all the 4 black balls are different, all the 3 red balls are different and all the 5 blue balls are different. Hence this is a case where all are distinct objects.
Initially let's find out the number of ways in which we can select the black balls. Note that at least 1 black ball must be included in each selection.
Hence, we can select 1 black ball from 4 black balls
or 2 black balls from 4 black balls.
or 3 black balls from 4 black balls.
or 4 black balls from 4 black balls.
Hence, number of ways in which we can select the black balls
= 4C1 + 4C2 + 4C3 + 4C4
=
........(A)
Now let's find out the number of ways in which we can select the red balls. Note that at least 1 red ball must be included in each selection.
Hence, we can select 1 red ball from 3 red balls
or 2 red balls from 3 red balls
or 3 red balls from 3 red balls
Hence, number of ways in which we can select the red balls
= 3C1 + 3C2 + 3C3
=
........(B)
Hence, we can select 0 blue ball from 5 blue balls (i.e, do not select any blue ball. In this case, only black and red balls will be there)
or 1 blue ball from 5 blue balls
or 2 blue balls from 5 blue balls
or 3 blue balls from 5 blue balls
or 4 blue balls from 5 blue balls
or 5 blue balls from 5 blue balls.
Hence, number of ways in which we can select the blue balls
= 5C0 + 5C1 + 5C2 + ? + 5C5
=
..............(C)
From (A), (B) and (C), required number of ways
=
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