7 relatives of a man comprise 4 ladies and 3 gentlemen. His wife also has 7 relatives − 3 of them are ladies…
- 485
- 500
- 486
- 102
Solution

$\therefore$ Number of ways to invite a dinner party of 3 ladies and 3 gentlemean, so that there are 3 of man's relative and 3 of wife's relative $ \begin{aligned} & ={ }^3 C_3 \cdot{ }^3 C_3+{ }^3 C_2 \cdot{ }^4 C_1 \times{ }^4 C_1{ }^3 C_2+{ }^3 C_1{ }^4 C_2 \cdot{ }^4 C_2 \cdot{ }^3 C_1 \\ & \\ & \quad+{ }^4 C_3 \cdot{ }^4 C_3 \\ & =1+3 \cdot 4 \cdot 4 \cdot 3+3 \cdot 6 \cdot 6 \cdot 3+4 \cdot 4 \\ & =1+144+324+16 \\ & =485 \end{aligned} $
Asked in: AP EAMCET 2021 (25 Aug Shift 2)