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AP EAMCET · Maths · Permutation Combination

If there are 6 alike fruits, 7 alike vegetables and 8 alike biscuits, then the number of ways of selecting any number of things out of them such that at least one from each category is selected, is

  1. A \(504\)
  2. B \(336\)
  3. C \(503\)
  4. D \(335\)
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(B) \(336\)

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Total number of ways of selecting one or more things \(=(6+1)(7+1)(8+1)-1=503\) Now, total ways to select from only one category \(=6+7+8=21\) Total ways to select from only two category \(=6 \times 7+8 \times 6+7 \times 8=146\) So, required total ways of selecting at least one…
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