first, I thank you ganesh for making this new themes.
(But problems and solutions is best, too)

Two ladies must be in the committee.
If two ladies are chosen, the number of combinations is 3C2.
The remaining 4 members can be chosen from the 7 men and the number of combinations is 7C4.
Hence,  the number of ways in which two ladies can form part of the committee is 3C2*7C4.
If three ladies are chosen, the number of combinations is 3C3.
The remaining 3 members can be chosen from the remaining 7 men and the number of combinations is 7C3.
Hence, the number of ways in which three ladies can form part of the committee is 3C3*7C3.
The total number of combinations is 3C2*7C4 + 3C3*7C3.
That is, 105 + 35 = 140.

PC # 2

There are 6 books on Economics, 3 on Mathematics and 2 on Accountancy. In how many ways can they be arranged on a shelf if the books of the same subject are always to be together?

Read the question fully......and.....

PC # 3

All of the numbers from 600 to 699 have a 6. This leaves 800 numbers between 100 and 999.
Of those, 1/10 will have 6 as their tens digit. 800/10 = 80, so that leaves 720 more.
Of those, 1/10 will have 6 as their units digit. 720/10 = 72, and adding this to 80 and 100 will give the answer.

100+80+72 = 252.

PC # 4

Bus number plates contain three distinct English alphabets followed by four digits with the first digit not zero. How many different number plates can be formed?

Guess to PC#4
    (26) × (25) × (24) × (9) × (10) × (10) × (10)
(Algebra never should have used x's, it sure makes multiplying more confusing.)

ganesh wrote:

PC # 5

The figures 4, 5, 6,7, and 8 are written in every possible order. How many of the numbers so formed will be greater than 56,000?

First, find ALL the combinations

Since the formula is

where r is
(the number of positions)-1

so now we see: combinations which don't accept 4's at the start and 54's.

and we have:

Done

Last edited by landof+ (2007-09-17 21:23:23)

Which is 90, same I suppose

There are 3 boys and 3 girls. In how many ways can they be arranged so that each boy has at least one girl by his side?

ganesh wrote:

Two ladies must be in the committee.
If two ladies are chosen, the number of combinations is 3C2.
The remaining 4 members can be chosen from the 7 men and the number of combinations is 7C4.
Hence,  the number of ways in which two ladies can form part of the committee is 3C2*7C4.
If three ladies are chosen, the number of combinations is 3C3.
The remaining 3 members can be chosen from the remaining 7 men and the number of combinations is 7C3.
Hence, the number of ways in which three ladies can form part of the committee is 3C3*7C3.
The total number of combinations is 3C2*7C4 + 3C3*7C3.
That is, 105 + 35 = 140.

There are three ladies from which to choose the two slots designated for ladies. After those two slots are filled, there are eight unchosen members from which to randomly assign the remaining four committee seats. Why isn't the answer nCr(3,2)*nCr(8,4)=3*70=210? What am I missing? If I'm counting 70 possibilities twice, which possibilities am I double counting?

Edit to add: I'm reasonably confident the method I proposed is wrong, and Ganesh's solution is indeed correct. I'm interested in understanding why the method I proposed is wrong.

Last edited by All_Is_Number (2008-10-14 17:32:34)

This problem is old but...

The correct answer is 55, by direct count.

You can compute it by: