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JEE PYQ: Permutation And Combination Question 12

Question 12 - 2021 (26 Feb Shift 1)

The number of seven digit integers with sum of the digits equal to 10 and formed by using the digits 1, 2 and 3 only is

(1) 77

(2) 42

(3) 35

(4) 82

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Answer: (1)

Solution

Case I: Six 1’s and one 3: $\frac{7!}{6!} = 7$ arrangements. Wait – sum = 10 with 7 digits using 1,2,3. Case I: $1,1,1,1,1,2,3$ (sum = 10): ways $= \frac{7!}{5!} = 42$. Case II: $1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2$ – only 7 digits so $1,1,1,1,1,2,2$ (sum = 9, no). Recount: digits sum to 10 with 7 digits from {1,2,3}. If all 1’s: sum=7. Need 3 more distributed. $(0,0,3) \to$ one digit becomes $1+3=4$ – no. Use substitution: replace 1 by 2 adds 1, replace 1 by 3 adds 2. Need additions = 3. Cases: (i) three 2’s rest 1’s: $1,1,1,1,2,2,2$, ways $= \frac{7!}{4!3!} = 35$. (ii) one 2 and one 3 rest 1’s: $1,1,1,1,1,2,3$, ways $= \frac{7!}{5!} = 42$. Total $= 35 + 42 = 77$.


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