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In how many ways a cricket team consisting of 5 batsmen, 4 bowlers, and 1 wicketkeeper and 1 all-rounder can be selected from the pool of 7 batsmen, 6 bowlers, 3 wicketkeepers and 3 allrounders?

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B. 1420
C. 2256
D. 2835
E. 5670

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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Tue Sep 18, 2018 1:31 pm
AAPL wrote: In how many ways a cricket team consisting of 5 batsmen, 4 bowlers, and 1 wicketkeeper and 1 all-rounder can be selected from the pool of 7 batsmen, 6 bowlers, 3 wicketkeepers and 3 allrounders?

A. 567
B. 1420
C. 2256
D. 2835
E. 5670
Take the task of creating a cricket team and break it into stages.

Stage 1: Select 5 batsmen
Since the order in which we select the batsmen does not matter, we can use combinations.
We can select 5 batsmen from 7 batsmen in 7C5 ways (21 ways)
So, we can complete stage 1 in 21 ways

Stage 2: Select 4 bowlers
Since the order in which we select the bowlers does not matter, we can use combinations.
We can select 4 bowlers from 6 bowlers in 6C2 ways (15 ways)
So, we can complete stage 2 in 15 ways

Stage 3: Select 1 wicketkeeper
There are 3 wicketkeepers from which to choose, so we can complete this stage in 3 ways.

Stage 4: Select 1 all-rounder
There are 3 all-rounders from which to choose, so we can complete this stage in 3 ways.

By the Fundamental Counting Principle (FCP), we can complete all 4 stages (and thus create a cricket team) in (21)(15)(3)(3) ways ( = 2835 ways)

Answer: D
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