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MathematicsProbabilityGeneral (Event SS, Definitions, Odd against/Favour)Hard2 minPYQ_2018
MathematicsHardsingle choice

Paragraph: There are five studentsS1, S2, S3, S4andS5in a music class and for them there are five seatsR1, R2, R3, R4andR5arranged in a row, where initially the seatRiis allotted to the studentSi, i = 1,2,3,4,5.But, on the examination day, the five students are randomly allotted the five seats
Question : For i = 1,2,3,4 Let T i denote the event that the students S i and S i+1 do NOT sit adjacent to each other on the day of the examination. Then, the probability of the eventT1 T2 T3T4is

Options:

Answer:
C
Solution:

nT1T2T3T4 =Total-nT1¯T2¯T3¯T4¯
=5!- 4C14!2!- 3C1.3!2!+ 3C13!2!2!+ 2C12!2!+ 4C1.2.2!-2
=  14
Probability=145!=760

Stream:JEE_ADVSubject:MathematicsTopic:ProbabilitySubtopic:General (Event SS, Definitions, Odd against/Favour)
2mℹ️ Source: PYQ_2018

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