NTA Abhyas JEE Main2020MathematicsPermutation and CombinationPractice
If n + 2 C 8 : n - 2 P 4 = 57 : 16 , then the value of n 2 is
Correct answer
9.5
Step-by-step solution
n + 2 ! 8 ! n - 6 ! × n - 6 ! n - 2 ! = 57 16 ⇒ n + 2 n + 1 n n - 1 = 57 16 × 8 ! ⇒ n - 1 n n + 1 n + 2 = 57 × 7 × 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 ⇒ n - 1 n n + 1 n + 2 = 18 × 19 × 20 × 2 1 ⇒ n = 1 9 ⇒ n 2 = 9 . 5