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JEE Mains · Maths · STD 11 - 6. permutation and combination

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

  1. A \(454\)
  2. B \(465\)
  3. C \(546\)
  4. D \(645\)
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(C) \(546\)

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For at most two language courses \(={ }^5 C _2 \times{ }^7 C _3+{ }^5 C _1 \times{ }^7 C _4+{ }^7 C _5=546\)