Permutations & Combinations
Selection with constraints (combinations)
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Grade 11

Question:

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

Step-by-Step Solution

Key Concept: Use cases: 0, 1, or 2 language courses selected. For each case, combine language course selection with non-language course selection.
= ⁵C₂ $\times$ ⁷C₃ + ⁵C₁ $\times$ ⁷C₄ + ⁷C₅ = 10$\times$35 + 5$\times$35 + 21 = 350 + 175 + 21 = 546.
Correct Answer: 546

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