NCERT Solutions for Class 11 Maths chapter-7 Permutation And Combination Exercise 7.3

NCERT Solutions for Class 11 Maths chapter-7 Permutation And Combination Exercise 7.3

NCERT Solutions for Class-11 Maths Chapter-7 Permutation and Combination

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NCERT Solutions for Class-11 Maths Exercise 7.3

Question 1. How many 3-digit numbers can be formed by using the digits 1 to 9 if no digits is repeated?

Solution :
Total number of digits = 9 and Number of digits used without repetition = 3

Question 2. How many 4-digit numbers are there with no digit repeated?

Solution :
Total number of digits = 10 and Number of digits used without repetition = 4

0 cannot be filled in the fourth place therefore number of permutations for fourth place = 9

Hence total number of permutations = 9 × 504 = 4536

Question 3. How many 3-digit even numbers can be made using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 if no digit is repeated?

Solution :
Total number of digits = 6 and unit place can be filled with any one of the digits 2, 4, 6.

Question 4. Find the number of 4-digit numbers that can be formed using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 if no digit is repeated. How many of these will be even?

Solution :
Total number of digits = 5 and Number of digits used without repetition = 4

Now, unit place can be filled with any one of the digits 2, 4 for even number.

Question 5. From a committee of 8 persons, in how many ways can we choose a chairman and a vice chairman assuming one person cannot hold more than one position?

Solution :
Total number of persons = 8 and Number of persons used without repetition = 2

Question 6. Find n if ⁿ⁻¹ P ₃ : ⁿ P ₄ = 1:9

Solution :
Given: ⁿ⁻¹ P ₃ : ⁿ P ₄ = 1:9

Question 7. Find r if

(i) ⁵ P _r = 2 ⁶ P _r−1

(ii) ⁵ P _r = ⁶ P _r−1

Solution :
(i) Given: ⁵ P _r = 2 ⁶ P _r−1

(ii) Given: ⁵ P _r = ⁶ P _r−1

Question 8. How many words, with or without meaning can be formed using all the letters of the word EQUATION, using each letter exactly once?

Solution : The number of different letters in the given word is 8.


Thus, the number of words than can be formed without repetition is number of permutations of 8 different objects taken 8 at a time = ⁸ P ₈ =8!


Therefore, number of words formed = 8! = 40320.

Question 9. How many words, with or without meaning can be formed using all the letters of the word MONDAY, assuming that no letter is repeated if:

(i) 4 letters are used at a time

(ii) all letters are used at a time

(iii) all letters are used by first letter is a vowel?

Solution :
Total number of letters in word MONDAY = 6 and number of vowels = 2

(i) Number of letters used = 4

(ii) Number of letters used = 6

Number of permutations =  6!=6×5×4×3×2×1=720= 720

(iii) First letter is vowel.

There are two different vowels in the word MONDAY which occupies the rightmost place of the words formed. Hence, there are 2 ways.

Since, it is without repetition and the rightmost place is occupied, the remaining five vacant places can be filled by 5 different letters. Hence, 5! Ways.

Therefore, number of words that can be formed = 5!×2=120×2=240

Question 10. In how many of the distinct permutations of the letters in MISSISSIPPI do the four I’s not come together?

Solution : I appears 4 times, S appears 4 times, P appears 2 times and M appears one time in the given word

Thus, number of permutations of the given word





Since, there are 4 I’s in the given word, they can be treated as a single object. This single object with the remaining 7 objects will together be 8 objects.


These 8 objects in which 4 S’s and 2 P’s is arranged in

= 840 ways


Thus, number of ways where I’s occur together = 840


Therefore, number of permutations where I’s do not occur together is =34650 – 840 = 33810

Question 11. In how many ways can the letters of the word PERMUTATIONS be arranged if the:

(i) words start with P and end with S

(ii) vowels are all together

(iii) There are always 4 letters between P and S?

Solution :
Total numbers in the word PERMUTATIONS = 12 and here T = 2

(i) First letter is P and last letter is S which are fixed.

Therefore, remaining 10 letters are to be arranged between P and S.

⇒ Number of permutations = = 1814400

(ii) There are 5 vowels in the word PERMUTATIONS. All vowels can be put together.

⇒ Number of permutations of all vowels together = 120

Now consider the 5 vowels together as one letter. SO the number of letters in the word when all vowels are together = 8

∴ Number of permutations =

(iii) P and S are on 1st and 6 ^th places P and S are on 2nd and 7th places

P and S are on 3rd and 8 ^th places P and S are on 4th and 9th places

P and S are on 5th and 10 ^th places P and S are on 6th and 11th places

P and S are on 7th and 12 ^th places

Now, P and S can be put in 7 ways and also P and S can interchange their positions.

∵ Number of permutations = 2 × 7= 14

Now the remaining 10 places can be filled with remaining 10 letters.

∴ Number of permutations =

Therefore, total number of permutations = 14 × 1814400 = 25401600