JEE Advance - Mathematics (2014 - Paper 2 Offline - No. 10)

Six cards and six envelopes are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and cards are to be placed in envelopes so that each envelope contains exactly one card and no card is placed in the envelope bearing the same number and moreover the card numbered 1 is always placed in envelope numbered 2. Then the number of ways it can be done is
264
265
53
67

Explanation

Given, six cards and six envelops are numbered $$1,2,3,4,5$$ and 6.

The number of arrangements when all six

cards are placed in wronge envelops

$$\begin{aligned} & =\left| \!{\underline {\, {6} \,}} \right.\left(1-\frac{1}{\left| \!{\underline {\, {1} \,}} \right.}+\frac{1}{\left| \!{\underline {\, {2} \,}} \right.}-\frac{1}{\left| \!{\underline {\, {3} \,}} \right.}+\frac{1}{\left| \!{\underline {\, {4} \,}} \right.}-\frac{1}{\left| \!{\underline {\, {5} \,}} \right.}+\frac{1}{\left| \!{\underline {\, {6} \,}} \right.}\right) \\ & =\left| \!{\underline {\, {6} \,}} \right.\left[1-\frac{1}{1}+\frac{3}{\left| \!{\underline {\, {3} \,}} \right.}-\frac{1}{\left| \!{\underline {\, {3} \,}} \right.}+\frac{5}{\left| \!{\underline {\, {5} \,}} \right.}-\frac{1}{5}+\frac{1}{\left| \!{\underline {\, {6} \,}} \right.}\right] \\ & =\left| \!{\underline {\, {6} \,}} \right.\left[\frac{2}{\left| \!{\underline {\, {3} \,}} \right.}+\frac{4}{\left| \!{\underline {\, {5} \,}} \right.}+\frac{1}{\left| \!{\underline {\, {6} \,}} \right.}\right] \\ & =2.6 .5 .4+4.6+1 \\ & =240+24+1 \\ & =265 \\ \end{aligned}$$

In the above dearrangement, there are 5 ways in which card number 1 is going wrong envelope i.e, other than envelope number 1. So, when card number 1 going in envelop number 2 is $$\frac{265}{5}=53$$ ways.

Hint:

In the total dearrangement of 6 cards there are 5 ways in which card number 1 is going other than envelope number 1.

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