Question
Question: The number of ways in which a committee of 3 ladies and 4 gentlemen can be appointed out of 8 ladies...
The number of ways in which a committee of 3 ladies and 4 gentlemen can be appointed out of 8 ladies and 7 gentlemen. If Mrs. X refuses to serve in a committee of which Mr Y is a member, is
A. 1960 B. 1540 C. 3240 D. None of these
Solution
Hint: In this question, we need to use combinations to get the required expressions. We will firstly find the number of ways in which the committee can be formed when Mr. Y is included and then the number of ways in which the committee can be formed when Mr. Y is not included. Then taking the sum of both cases will help us reach the answer.
Complete step-by-step solution -
We have been given that Mrs. X refuses to serve in a committee of which Mr Y is a member.
So, When Mr. Y is included then Mrs. X is not there.
So, the number of ways=7C3×6C3=35×20=700
Now, if Mr. Y is not a member then Mrs. X may be a member.
So, the number of ways=8C4×6C4=56×15=840
Therefore, the total number of ways in which committee can be formed is 700 + 840 = 1540 ways.
Note: Whenever we face such types of problems the value point to remember is that we need to have a good grasp over combinations and its formulas. The most basic formula to calculate combinations has been discussed above and used to solve the given question.