Find out the number of ways in which a cricket team consisting of 11 players can be selected from 14 players.

Find out the number of ways in which a cricket team consisting of 11 players can be selected from 14 players. Also find out how many of these

(i) will include captain;

(ii) will not include captain.

Solution

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Problem 11: Permutation

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Problem 8: Permutation

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Problem 3: Permutation

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