Combinatorics - B.Stat. (Hons.) Admission Test 2005 – Objective Problem 1

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Competency in Focus: combinatorics

This problem from B.Stat. (Hons.) Admission Test 2005 – Objective Problem 1  is based on arranging integers to get particular results. 

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First look at the knowledge graph:-

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Next understand the problem

[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.2.2" text_font="Raleway||||||||" text_font_size="20px" text_letter_spacing="1px" text_line_height="1.5em" background_color="#f4f4f4" custom_margin="10px||10px" custom_padding="10px|20px|10px|20px" box_shadow_style="preset2"]1. How many three-digit numbers of distinct digits can be formed by using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9 such that the sum of the digits is at least 12?(A) 61 (B) 66 (C) 60 (D) 11[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.0"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.25" custom_padding="|||" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_accordion open_toggle_text_color="#0c71c3" _builder_version="4.3.1" toggle_font="||||||||" body_font="Raleway||||||||" text_orientation="center" custom_margin="10px||10px"][et_pb_accordion_item title="Source of the problem" open="off" _builder_version="4.3.1"]B.Stat. (Hons.) Admission Test 2005 – Objective problem 1[/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title="Key Competency" _builder_version="4.3.1" inline_fonts="Abhaya Libre" open="on"]

Combinatorics 

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Start with hints 

[/et_pb_text][et_pb_tabs _builder_version="4.2.2"][et_pb_tab title="HINT 0" _builder_version="4.0.9"]Do you really need a hint? Try it first![/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="HINT 1" _builder_version="4.2.2"]Out of \(n\) things we can select \(r\) thing ins in \left( \begin{array}{c} n \\ r \end{array} \right) ways.Similarly we can select  \(3\) integers out of \(6\) in \left( \begin{array}{c} 6 \\ 3 \end{array} \right) ways.[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="HINT 2" _builder_version="4.2.2"]We want to count the cases that do not work (That means sum becomes less than 12).Note that if 9 is one of the three digits then the sum of the digits will be 12 or more (least case is 9+1+2 =12).  an similarly you can thing next posibiily. [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="HINT 3" _builder_version="4.2.2"]Note that if we want get the numbers whose sum is equal to or greater than 12 then from the digits 1,2,3,4 and 5 (but not 9), then there is only one posibility and that is  \(5+4+3\).[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="HINT 4" _builder_version="4.2.2"]Therefore we select 3 distinct digits from the five digits and delete the one selection of {5, 4, 3}. This gives us the total number of bad cases.\(\left( \begin{array}{c} n \\ r \end{array} \right)–1=9\).[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="HINT 5" _builder_version="4.2.2"]Now we have total 20 posibilities out of which 9 are non-working solutions for our question. So total orking solutions is \(20-9=11\).  Further we can arrange this 3 letters in \(3! =6\) ways. Hence the total number of required ways =  \( 11 * 6=66 \).[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built="1" fullwidth="on" _builder_version="4.2.2" custom_margin="20px||20px||false|false" global_module="50753" saved_tabs="all" locked="off"][et_pb_fullwidth_header title="I.S.I. & C.M.I. Program" button_one_text="Learn more" button_one_url="https://cheenta.com/isicmientrance/" header_image_url="https://cheenta.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/ISI.png" _builder_version="4.2.2" title_level="h2" title_font="Acme||||||||" background_color="#220e58" custom_button_one="on" button_one_text_color="#1a0052" button_one_bg_color="#ffffff" button_one_border_color="#ffffff" button_one_border_radius="5px"]

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