There are 6 periods in each working day of a school. The number of ways one can arrange 5 subjects such that…

There are 6 periods in each working day of a school. The number of ways one can arrange 5 subjects such that each is allowed at least one period, is
  1. 1800
  2. 725
  3. 720
  4. 5

Solution

First of all we can choose the subject which is to be repeated twice in ${ }^5 C_1$ ways Now 6 subjects with one repeation can be arranged among 6 periods in $\frac{6 !}{2 !}$ Hence, total number of ways ${ }^5 C_1 \times \frac{6 !}{2 !}=1800$

Asked in: MHT CET 2022 (08 Aug Shift 2)

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