Three boys and two girls stand in a queue. The probability that the number of boys ahead of every girl is…

Three boys and two girls stand in a queue. The probability that the number of boys ahead of every girl is atleast one more than the number of girls ahead of her is
  1. 12
  2. 13
  3. 23
  4. 34

Solution

Either a girl start the sequence or will be at second position and will not acquire the last position as well.
Required probability = 3C2×2!×3!+ 2 C1×2!×3! 5!=12

Asked in: JEE Advanced 2014 (Paper 2)

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