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There are total 10 balls in a jar , 8 of them are unique and 9th and Updated on: 22 Feb 2025, 11:02
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There are total 10 balls in a jar , 8 of them are unique and 9th and 10th ball both have same color. In how many ways can we pick 5 balls from the jar if same color balls are not allowed in the 5 balls set?


a. 170
b. 196
c. 182
d. 252
e. 186
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There are total 10 balls in a jar , 8 of them are unique and 9th and 10th ball both have same color. In how many ways can we pick 5 balls from the jar if same color balls are not allowed in the 5 balls set?


a. 170
b. 196
c. 182
d. 252
e. 186


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Total Ways to pick 5 out of 10 balls = 10C5 = 252

Ways to pick 5 balls so that same color balls are always in selected group of 5 balls = 8C3 = 56

Favorable cases = 252 - 56 = 196

Answer: Option B
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There are total 10 balls in a jar , 8 of them are unique and 9th and Updated on: 26 Feb 2020, 16:08
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There are total 10 balls in a jar , 8 of them are unique and 9th and 26 Feb 2020, 09:57
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Correct me if my understanding is wrong . Thanks

What about when only one of the two is chosen ..... they are exactly the same ,but when you use c10,5 , you actually calculate c84 twice

Imagine if they were different ... we would use c21*c84 ... this is a part of the c10,5

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Since the two are the same ... it’s the same as to choose 5 out 9.....C95 = 126
Or C84+C85=126

Or C10,5-C83-C84=126




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There are total 10 balls in a jar , 8 of them are unique and 9th and 10th ball both have same color. In how many ways can we pick 5 balls from the jar if same color balls are not allowed in the 5 balls set?


a. 170
b. 196
c. 182
d. 252
e. 186


can someone explain this problem ? Thanks

Total Ways to pick 5 out of 10 balls = 10C5 = 252

Ways to pick 5 balls so that same color balls are always in selected group of 5 balls = 8C3 = 56

Favorable cases = 252 - 56 = 196

Answer: Option B
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There are total 10 balls in a jar , 8 of them are unique and 9th and Updated on: 29 Feb 2020, 14:10
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As tempting as it may sound, 9C5 is not the correct approach. It completely disregards the arrangments made by 4 (out of 8 unique) balls with the 10th ball.
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There are total 10 balls in a jar , 8 of them are unique and 9th and 29 Feb 2020, 14:03
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Another approach in addition to the one mentioned by GMATinsight

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Total cases: 10 C 5 = 252

Probability of both picking ball 9= 1/10, probability of picking ball 10 = 1/10

So if we are picking 5 balls, probability of ball 9 or ball 10 to be picked or excluded each is= 1/10* 5 = 1/2

Since probability is 1/2, ball 9 or ball 10 would be selected in half the cases (from 252) and when either of them would be selected the other one would also be included in4 /9 cases (4 spots for the remaining 9 balls) that we must exclude.

All in all total cases

252-252*1/2*4/9= 252-56= 196


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There are total 10 balls in a jar , 8 of them are unique and 9th and 10th ball both have same color. In how many ways can we pick 5 balls from the jar if same color balls are not allowed in the 5 balls set?


a. 170
b. 196
c. 182
d. 252
e. 186


can someone explain this problem ? Thanks

Total Ways to pick 5 out of 10 balls = 10C5 = 252

Ways to pick 5 balls so that same color balls are always in selected group of 5 balls = 8C3 = 56

Favorable cases = 252 - 56 = 196

Answer: Option B
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