A father with 8 childrens takes them 3 at a time to the zoological gardens, as often as he can without taking the same 3 childrens together more than once. The number of times he will go the garden is

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A father with 8 childrens takes them 3 at a time to the zoological gardens, as often as he can without taking the same 3 childrens together more than once. The number of times he will go the garden is (A) 56 (B) 100 (C) 112 (D) None of these

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Number of times he will go to garden = Number of ways of selecting 3 children from 8 children = 8 C3=(8 × 7 × 6/3 × 2)=56

Q. A father with 8 childrens takes them 3 at a time to the zoological gardens, as often as he can without taking the same 3 childrens together more than once. The number of times he will go the garden is

56

100

112

None of these

Number of times he will go to garden
$=$ Number of ways of selecting 3 children from 8 children
$=^{8} C_{3} = \frac{8 \times 7 \times 6}{3 \times 2} = 56$

Q. A father with 8 childrens takes them 3 at a time to the zoological gardens, as often as he can without taking the same 3 childrens together more than once. The number of times he will go the garden is

56

100

112

None of these

Number of times he will go to garden = Number of ways of selecting 3 children from 8 children =8C3​=3×28×7×6​=56

Number of times he will go to garden
$=$ Number of ways of selecting 3 children from 8 children
$=^{8} C_{3} = \frac{8 \times 7 \times 6}{3 \times 2} = 56$