Permutations and Combinations 3 Question 10
10. Let be the number of ways in which 5 boys and 5 girls can stand in a queue in such a way that all the girls stand consecutively in the queue. Let be the number of ways in which 5 boys and 5 girls can stand in a queue in such a way that exactly four girls stand consecutively in the queue. Then, the value of is
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Answer:
Correct Answer: 10. (5)
Solution:
- Here,
Out of 5 girls, 4 girls are together and 1 girl is separate. Now, to select 2 positions out of 6 positions between boys
4 girls are to be selected out of
Now, 2 groups of girls can be arranged in 2 ! ways
Also, the group of 4 girls and 5 boys is arranged in
Now, total number of ways
and