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Permutation & Combination? Very Urgent.......

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Q. Five bulbs of which three are defective are to be tried in two lights - points in a dark room. In how many trials the room shall be lighted.

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A, 10
B, 7
C, 3
D, None of this

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Hareesh H Sharma (Cleared IPCC..now article) (894 Points)
Replied 06 December 2009

I think its 10

CA Mani (Credit Analyst) (2809 Points)
Replied 06 December 2009

I leave that chapter in my CA PE-1 exam so i cant help

CA Hemant KUMAR (professional) (37 Points)
Replied 07 December 2009

none of these at a maximum of 5 trials

Deep@k $ingh@l (CA>FINAL May'14) (595 Points)
Replied 07 December 2009

I thnk answer is 7. If I m wrong, prove right answer. Ok

Hareesh H Sharma (Cleared IPCC..now article) (894 Points)
Replied 08 December 2009

Total num of chances are 10..As there are 5 bulbs wit two pints..they are

Bulb 1 paired wit bulb 2,1 with 3,1 with 4, 1& 5, 2& 3,2 &4, 2 & 5, 3 & 4, 3&5, 4& 5

tats y i said 10...i guess for permutation combination stuff there is some formulas..some 5C2 or 5P2...I went thru all this long bak...so u ppl should know it bttr

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Originally posted by :Deepak
"	I thnk answer is 7. If I m wrong, prove right answer. Ok	"

Hi Deepak can you say the logic behind your ans. I came across this prob in scanner in that the ans. is given as 7 only

Deep@k $ingh@l (CA>FINAL May'14) (595 Points)
Replied 09 December 2009

In 1st light point all 5 bulb will b tested and in other light point only 2 bulb which are good will b tested. Total (5+2) 7 trials

Hareesh H Sharma (Cleared IPCC..now article) (894 Points)
Replied 09 December 2009

Deepak are u sure??Cos how do u know which is the right bulb in the 2nd point..For that only we are doing this permutation comb stuff right....I mean i studied it long back as i said so clarifying my dbt...

Hareesh H Sharma (Cleared IPCC..now article) (894 Points)
Replied 09 December 2009

I posted 10 after taking into account 5c2 combination

5c2 = 5!/2! *(5-2)!

=10

(Guest)

I think deepak is right...the ans should b 7 trials...

Hareesh H Sharma (Cleared IPCC..now article) (894 Points)
Replied 10 December 2009

Fine everyone i don say am right..the ans may be 7..But i was doubtful about the way he explained it...

yasmin (law) (23 Points)
Replied 21 December 2010

Originally posted by : Hareesh H Sharma
	I think its 10

anwer is 3

Rahul Agarwal (N.A.) (111 Points)
Replied 10 January 2011

answer is 7 and it is right.

logic: as 3 bulbs are defective out of 5 so let me just name them as d1, d2, d3 and 2 good ones as g1 and g2.

now the room has to be lit, which can be possible even if one of the two good ones are lit, so:

d1,d2 d2,d1 d1,d3 d3,d1 d2,d3 d3,d2 when chosen the room will not lit but as soon as

d1,g1 g1,d1 d2,g1 g1,d2 d3,g1 g1,d3 d1,g2 g2,d1 d2,g2 g2d2 d3,g2 g2d3 combination is chosen the room will be lit.. so by 7th combination the room will be lit..

if this helped, "thank user"

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