Permutation Combination Question 2

Question 2 - 24 January - Shift 1

A boy needs to select five courses from 12 available courses, out of which 5 courses are language courses. If he can choose at most two language courses, then the number of ways he can choose five courses is

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Answer: 546

Solution:

Formula: Combination under restriction

For at most two language courses

$={ }^{5} C_2 \times{ }^{7} C_3+{ }^{5} C_1 \times{ }^{7} C_4+{ }^{7} C_5=546$