Class 11 Mathematics Permutations & Combinations: NCERT Solutions for Question 2

How many 4-letter code can be formed using the first 10 letters of the English alphabet, if no letter can be repeated?

How many 3-digit numbers can be formed from the digits 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 assuming that

(i) repetition of the digits is allowed?

(ii) repetition of the digits is not allowed?

A coin is tossed 3 times and the outcomes are recorded. How many possible outcomes are there?

Given 5 flags of different colours, how many different signals can be generated if each signal requires the use of 2 flags, one below the other?

How many 5–digit telephone numbers can be constructed using the digits 0 to 9 if each number starts with 67 and no digit appears more than once?

Solve 24x < 100, when
   (i)   x is a natural number.         (ii)   x is an integer.

Draw a quadrilateral in the Cartesian plane, whose vertices are (– 4, 5), (0, 7), (5, – 5) and (– 4, –2). Also, find its area.

A point is on the x-axis. What are its y-coordinates and z-coordinates?

Find the equation of the circle with centre (0, 2) and radius 2

Describe the sample space for the indicated experiment: A coin is tossed three times.

Which of the following sentences are statements? Give reasons for your answer.

(i) There are 35 days in a month.

(ii) Mathematics is difficult.

(iii) The sum of 5 and 7 is greater than 10.

(iv) The square of a number is an even number.

(v) The sides of a quadrilateral have equal length.

(vi) Answer this question.

(vii) The product of (–1) and 8 is 8.

(viii) The sum of all interior angles of a triangle is 180°.

(ix) Today is a windy day.

(x) All real numbers are complex numbers.

If the set A has 3 elements and the set B = {3, 4, 5}, then find the number of elements in (A×B).

The base of an equilateral triangle with side 2a lies along the y-axis such that the mid-point of the base is at the origin. Find vertices of the triangle.

A point is in the XZ-plane. What can you say about its y-coordinate?

The base of an equilateral triangle with side 2a lies along the y-axis such that the mid-point of the base is at the origin. Find vertices of the triangle.

A die is thrown repeatedly until a six comes up. What is the sample space for this experiment?

Solve each of the following equations:

Show that the products of the corresponding terms of the sequences a,ar,ar², ...ar^n-1 and A, AR, AR², ,,,AR^n-1 form a G.P, and find the common ratio.

Find four numbers forming a geometric progression in which third term is greater than the first term by 9, and the second term is greater than the 4th by 18.