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voodoochild wrote:
If there are 4 pairs of twins, and a committee will be formed with 3 members. In how many ways this committee formed in a way that no siblings in a group?

A. 32
B. 24
C. 56
D. 44
E. 40

The problem can be solved using Combinations. I want to understand whether the above problem can be solved using FCP? If not, then why?


Take the task of selecting the 3 committee members and break it into stages.

Stage 1: Select the 3 twin pairs from which we will select 1 sibling each.
There are 4 pairs of twins, and we must select 3 pairs. Since the order in which we select the 3 pairs does not matter, we can use COMBINATIONS
We can select 3 pairs from 4 pairs in 4C3 ways (4 ways)

Stage 2: Take one of the 3 selected pairs and choose 1 person to be on the committee.
There are 2 people in the twin pair, so this stage can be accomplished in 2 ways.

Stage 3: Take another of the 3 selected pairs and choose 1 person to be on the committee.
There are 2 people in the twin pair, so this stage can be accomplished in 2 ways.

Stage 4: Take the last of the 3 selected pairs and choose 1 person to be on the committee.
There are 2 people in the twin pair, so this stage can be accomplished in 2 ways.

By the Fundamental Counting Principle (FCP) we can complete all 4 stages (and thus create a 3-person committee) in (4)(2)(2)(2) ways (= 32 ways)

Answer = A

Note: the FCP can be used to solve the MAJORITY of counting questions on the GMAT. So, be sure to learn it.

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Hi EvaJagger,

I think by FCP, voodoochild meant Fundamental Counting Principle... which is essentially how Permutations and Combinations formulas are derived from, which is where the concept of factorial had evolved. And on that front, I think you have explained pretty well. 8*6*4/6 it is.
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Edvento - yes, I was referring to Fund. Counting Principle.... thanks...
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Firstly, there are 4 ways to choose 3 groups from the 4 groups. Hence 4C3.

Next, with the 3 groups chosen, there are 2^3 choices of choosing either one of the siblings.

Hence, the total number of ways are 4C3 * (2^3) = 32
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Could you post a combinatorics solution?
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voodoochild,
Number of Members =8
First member can be selected in 8 ways
Second member can be selected in 6 ways (Siblings cannot be selected)
Third member can be selected in 4 ways (Siblings cannot be selected)

Number of ways =8X6X4=192

Observe that which sibling is selected first is immaterial i.e. ABC=BCA=CAB
Any one can be first or last .We need to remove the duplicate selections .

Number of Duplicate selections =6( 3X2X1 .We need to select 3 members)

Hence total number of ways =192/6 =32
Option A.
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voodoochild wrote:
If there are 4 pairs of twins, and a committee will be formed with 3 members. In how many ways this committee formed in a way that no siblings in a group?

A. 32
B. 24
C. 56
D. 44
E. 40

The problem can be solved using Combinations. I want to understand whether the above problem can be solved using FCP? If not, then why? [/b] Please don't post solutions using Combinations. There are a million other threads on the same topic. Thanks


1C2 x 1C2 x 1C2 x 3C4 = 32 A

no siblings mean, 1 guy from the 1st pair , 1 guy from 2nd pair, 1 guy from 3rd pair

we choose from 3 pairs but got 4 pairs
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voodoochild wrote:
If there are 4 pairs of twins, and a committee will be formed with 3 members. In how many ways this committee formed in a way that no siblings in a group?

A. 32
B. 24
C. 56
D. 44
E. 40

The problem can be solved using Combinations. I want to understand whether the above problem can be solved using FCP? If not, then why? [/b] Please don't post solutions using Combinations. There are a million other threads on the same topic. Thanks


Hi,

Consider twins as one unit so 3 members committee will be formed by using 4 units is 4C3 =4

Now consider there are 4 pairs no siblings in a group? i,e 2*2*2=8

Bunuel is this right ?
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mahakmalik wrote:
total possibilities including twins are\(8c3\) = 56

first choose any pair of twins i.e \(4c1\) then remaining position can be filled by of the 6 members.

total possibilities only twins= \(4c1\) * \(6c1\)=24

no twins included = 56-24=32

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Hello, can you explain me why the total possibilities for only twins is 4c1 * 6C1 i can understand why 4c1. Thank you in advance.
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If there are 4 pairs of twins, and a committee will be formed with 3 members. In how many ways this committee formed in a way that no siblings in a group?

A. 32
B. 24
C. 56
D. 44
E. 40

\(\left. \matrix{\\
\# \,\,{\rm{total}}\,\,{\rm{committees}}\,\,{\rm{ = }}\,\,\,{\rm{C}}\left( {8,3} \right) = {{8 \cdot 7 \cdot 6} \over {3!}} = 56 \hfill \cr \\
\# \,\,{\rm{committees}}\,\,{\rm{with}}\,\,{\rm{siblings}}\,\,{\rm{ = }}\,\,\,\underbrace {\,\,\,4\,\,\,}_{{\rm{choice}}\,\,{\rm{of}}\,\,{\rm{pair}}\,\,{\rm{of}}\,\,{\rm{twins}}} \cdot \underbrace {\,\,\,6\,\,}_{{\rm{choice}}\,\,{\rm{out - of - the - pair}}} = 24\,\,\, \hfill \cr} \right\}\,\,\,\,\,\, \Rightarrow \,\,\,\,?\,\,\, = \,\,\,56 - 24 = 32\)


This solution follows the notations and rationale taught in the GMATH method.

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voodoochild wrote:
If there are 4 pairs of twins, and a committee will be formed with 3 members. In how many ways this committee formed in a way that no siblings in a group?

A. 32
B. 24
C. 56
D. 44
E. 40


The number of ways to select the 3 pairs from 4 pairs is 4C3 = 4.

Since there can be no siblings on the board each twin can be selected in 2C1 ways, so:

2C1 x 2C1 x 2C1 = 2 x 2 x 2 = 8

So the total number of ways to select the committee is 4 x 8= 32.

Alternate Solution:

For the first member, there are 8 choices. Since the sibling of the first member cannot be chosen, there are 6 choices for the second member. By the same logic, there are 4 choices for the last member. Notice that the 8 x 6 x 4 choices count each committee 3! times; therefore, there are (8 x 6 x 4)/3! = 8 x 4 = 32 possible committees.

Answer: A
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(8×6×4)÷3!=32

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8C3 - 4×6=56-24=32
8c3 is choosing 3 people from 8 people and subtracting those cases in which there are sibling, so siblings can be chosen is 4 ways and to choose third person there are 6 choices.

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Number of committes with NO siblings = Total committees – Number of committees with one pair of siblings.

Total committes = Select any 3 persons out of 8 persons (4 pairs of twins means 8 persons) = 8C3 = 56.
Answer option C can be eliminated.

Number of committes with one pair of sibling = Select one pair of twins of the 4 pairs AND select any one person from the remaining 6 persons = 4C1 * 6C1 = 4 * 6 = 24.
Answer option B can be eliminated.

Number of committees with NO siblings = 56 – 24 = 32.

The correct answer option is A.

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