Consider 4 boxes, where each box contains 3 red balls and 2 blue balls. Assume that all 20 balls are…

Consider 4 boxes, where each box contains 3 red balls and 2 blue balls. Assume that all 20 balls are distinct. In how many different ways can 10 balls be chosen from these 4 boxes so that from each box at least one red ball and one blue ball are chosen?
  1. 21816
  2. 85536
  3. 12096
  4. 156816

Solution

Let the four boxes be Box-1, Box-2, Box-3 and Box-4. Each of the box has 3 red balls and 2 blue balls.

10 balls can be chosen in:

Case I - When exactly one box gives four balls

Case II - When exactly two boxes gives three balls

Required number of ways= Number of ways in Case I + Number of ways in Case II.

=C14C12+C13C13C123+C24C23C12+C13C222C13C122

=4563+63×2+3262

=4320+17496=21816

Asked in: JEE Advanced 2022 (Paper 2)

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