A boy needs to select five courses from 12 available courses, out of which 5 courses are language courses.…

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

Solution

Case I -

When 0 language course is selected from 5 particular language courses, then total number of ways

=C57=21

Case II -

When 1 language course is selected from 5 particular language courses, then total number of ways

=C47C15=175

Case III -

When 2 language course is selected from 5 particular language courses, then total number of ways

=C37C25=350

So, required ways=546

Asked in: JEE Main 2023 (24 Jan Shift 1)

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