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AP EAMCET · Maths · Permutation Combination

A student has to answer 10 out of 13 questions in an examination. The number of ways in which he can answer if he must answer atleast 3 of the first five questions is

  1. A 376
  2. B 276
  3. C 286
  4. D 386
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(B) 276

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Total number of ways \[ \begin{aligned} & ={ }^5 C_3{ }^8 C_7+{ }^5 C_4{ }^8 C_6+{ }^5 C_5{ }^8 C_5 \\ & =10 \times 8+5 \times 28+1 \times 56 \\ & =80+140+56=276 \end{aligned} \]