Gujarati
6.Permutation and Combination
medium

In an election there are $8$ candidates, out of which $5$ are to be choosen. If a voter may vote for any number of candidates but not greater than the number to be choosen, then in how many ways can a voter vote

A

$216$

B

$114$

C

$218$

D

None of these

Solution

(c) Required number of ways ${ = ^8}{C_1}{ + ^8}{C_2}{ + ^8}{C_3}{ + ^8}{C_4}{ + ^8}{C_5}\,$

$ = 8 + 28 + 56 + 70 + 56 = 218$

{Since voter may vote to one, two, three, four or all candidates}.

Standard 11
Mathematics

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