The number of ways, 16 identical cubes, of which 11 are blue and rest are red, can be placed in a row so…

The number of ways, 16 identical cubes, of which 11 are blue and rest are red, can be placed in a row so that between any two red cubes there should be at least 2 blue cubes, is ______.

Solution

Given, 4 blue & 5 red spherical ball

Now according to question there should be minimum 2 blue ball in between any two red ball.

So assume a,b,c,d,e,f are number of blue balls,

So, a+b+c+d+e+f=11  ......(i)

Where b,c,d,e2

Now let b=b'+2

c=c'+2

d=d'+2

e=e'+2

So equation (i) becomes

a+b'+2+c'+2+d'+2+e'+2+f=11

 a+b'+c'+d'+e'+f=3

Now total ways will be

= 3+6-1C6-1=8C5=8C3=56

Asked in: JEE Main 2022 (27 Jun Shift 1)

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