JEE Main · 2022 · 28 Jul 2022 · Shift 2 · Permutations and Combinations

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A class contains b boys and g girls. If the number of ways of selecting 3 boys and 2 girls from the class is 168, then is equal to

Answer: 17

Solution

The number of ways to select 3 boys from b and 2 girls from g is . Expanding: , so . Factoring , we try small integer values. Testing and : . Therefore, .

JEE Main · 2022 · 28 Jul 2022 · Shift 2 · Integer answer

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