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QJEEM12Mab73e: JEE Main 2012 Mathematics - Class 11 JEEM12Mab73e Solution: Let X = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}. The number of different ordered pairs…
Let X = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}. The number of different ordered pairs (Y, Z) that can be formed such that Y X, Z X and Y Z is empty, is :
Multiple Choice Options
- A 35
- B 25
- C 53
- D 52
Step-by-Step Verified Solution
For any element xi present in X, 4 cases arises while making subsets Y and Z.
Case- 1 : xi Y, xi Z Y Z
Case- 2 : xi Y, xi Z Y Z =
Case- 3 : xi Y, xi Z Y Z =
Case- 4 : xi Y, xi Z Y Z =
For every element, number of ways = 3 for which Y Z =
Total ways = 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 [ no. of elements in set X = 5]
= 35
Case- 1 : xi
Case- 2 : xi
Case- 3 : xi
Case- 4 : xi
= 35