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Re: A film production company must submit 5 of its movies releas [#permalink]
KarunMendiratta why can't I do (6∗5∗4)/3! * (11*10)/2! ?


Essentially I am taking the number of ways I can combine 3 romantic comedies AND the number of ways I can pick all the remaining movies. The ways I can pick all the remaining movies would ensure that AT LEAST 3 romatic comedies are there in the total selection. What am I doing wrong here? Please help! :)
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KarunMendiratta why can't I do (6∗5∗4)/3! * (11*10)/2! ?


Essentially I am taking the number of ways I can combine 3 romantic comedies AND the number of ways I can pick all the remaining movies. The ways I can pick all the remaining movies would ensure that AT LEAST 3 romatic comedies are there in the total selection. What am I doing wrong here? Please help! :)


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This has always been a confusing problem for my students.

But you should remember, whenever a question says ATLEAST - try making cases (safest best)

Q: What am I doing wrong here?
A: You are counting the same cases multiple times.

Let us understand through this with a simple example.
Let us say we have a total of 6 movies - 3 Comedy (C1, C2, and C2) and 3 Horror (H1, H2, and H3), and we need to select any 3 of them such that atleast 2 are comedy.

Now, try making cases - 2C1H or 3C
so, we should get - \((^3C_2)(^3C_1) + ^3C_3 = 9 + 1 = 10\) cases
which are:
C1C2H1
C1C2H2
C1C2H3
C2C3H1
C2C3H2
C2C3H3
C1C3H1
C1C3H2
C1C3H3, and
C1C2C3

But as per your method, we will have \((^3C_2)(^4C_1) = (3)(4)= 12\) cases
which are:
C1C2H1
C1C2H2
C1C2H3
C1C2C3
C2C3H1
C2C3H2
C2C3H3
C2C3C1
C1C3H1
C1C3H2
C1C3H3, and
C1C3C2

Notice for yourself, you have counted C1C2C3 three times, but in actual it should be just one time. So, we need to subtract those two extra cases to get our answer.
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