CAT 2019 Permutations and Combinations Question (Medium)

Question

In an institute, an MBA Exam is conducted and a sectional cut off has been introduced. Any candidate appearing for the exam cannot qualify unless he clears the sectional cut off. If there are 4 sections in the paper, then what is the number of ways an applicant may fail in the exam?

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Understanding In an MBA exam with a sectional cutoff across 4 sections, a candidate qualifies only if they clear the cutoff in every section. The question asks for the number of distinct ways a candidate can fail i.e., not qualify . Analyzing For each of the 4 sections, a candidate either clears the

CAT 2019 Permutations and Combinations — Previous Year Question

CAT 2019

Quantitative

Permutations and Combinations

Medium

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