A local delivery company has three packages to deliver to three different homes. if the packages are delivered at random to the three houses, how many ways are there for at least one house to get the wrong package?
There are 20 couples in a party. Every person greets every person except his or her spouse. People of the same sex shake hands and those of opposite sex greet each other with a Namaste (It means bringing one's own palms together and raising them to the chest level). What is the total number of handshakes and Namaste's in the party?
In a certain laboratory, chemicals are identified by a colour-coding system. There are 20 different chemicals. Each one is coded with either a single colour or a unique two-colour pair. If the order of colours in the pairs does not matter, what is the minimum number of different colours needed to code all 20 chemicals with either a single colour or a unique pair of colours?
Six boxes are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Each box must contain either a white ball or a black ball. At least one box must contain a black ball and boxes containing black balls must be consecutively numbered. find the total number of ways of placing the balls.
In how many ways can 6 green toys and 6 red toys be arranged, such that 2 particular red toys are never together whereas 2 particular green toys are always together?
A book-shelf can accommodate 6 books from left to right. If 10 identical books on each of the languages A,B,C and D are available, In how many ways can the book shelf be filled such that book on the same languages are not put adjacently.
If the letters of the word SACHIN are arranged in all possible ways and these words are written out as in dictionary, then the word SACHIN appears at serial number:
In a cricket match if a batsman score 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 6 runs of a ball, then find the number or different sequences in which he can score exactly 30 runs of an over. Assume that an over consists of only 6 balls and there were no extra and no run outs.
A student is required to answer 6 out of 10 questions divided into two groups each containing 5 questions. He is not permitted to attempt more than 4 from each group. In how many ways can he make the choice?
While packing for a business trip Mr. Debashis has packed 3 pairs of shoes, 4 pants, 3 half-pants,6 shirts, 3 sweater and 2 jackets. The outfit is defined as consisting of a pair of shoes, a choice of "lower wear" (either a pant or a half-pant), a choice of "upper wear" (it could be a shirt or a sweater or both) and finally he may or may not choose to wear a jacket. How many different outfits are possible?