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Three ladies have brought one child each for admission to a school. The principal wants to interview the six persons one by one subject to the condition that no mother is interviewed before her child. The number of ways in which interviews can be arranged, is

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6
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36
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72
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90
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The correct option is D 90
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We have six positions.
No mother should be interviewed before her child.
Let us first pick one pair C1,L1
These two can be arranged in 6C2 ways as the child has always to come before his / her mother.
The other pair C2,L2 can be arranged in 4C2 ways
And finally, the pair C3,L3 can be arranged in 2C2 ways.
Hence, number of arrangements =6C24C22C2=90

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