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Miscellaneous·2020·Easy

How many different sums can be formed with the denominations Rs. 50, Rs. 100, Rs. 200, Rs. 500 and Rs. 2,000 taking at least three denominations at a time?

How many different sums can be formed with the denominations Rs. 50, Rs. 100, Rs. 200, Rs. 500 and Rs. 2,000 taking at least three denominations at a time?

Options

  1. a.

    16

    Correct answer
  2. b.

    15

  3. c.

    14

  4. d.

    10

Explanation

We have to choose at least three denominations out of five. So we can either choose 3 denominations out of 5 or choose 4 out of 5 or choose all 5. Mathematically it will be written as – Total number of ways = 5C3 + 5C4 + 5C5 = 10 + 5 + 1 = 16 ways. Don’t worry about ‘different sums’, they will be ‘different’ as each time we are taking a different set of denominations. Manually, these combinations will be – (a) Three denomination combinations – 50+100+200; 50+100+500; 50+100+2000; 50+200+500; 50+200+2000; 50+500+2000; 100+200+500; 100+200+2000; 100+500+2000; 200+500+2000; TOTAL 10 (b) Four denomination combinations – 50+100+200+500; 50+100+200+2000; 50+100+500+2000; 50+200+500+2000; 100+200+500+2000; TOTAL 5 (c) Five denomination combinations – 50+100+200+500+2000; TOTAL 1 So total = 10 + 5 + 1 = 16.

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