An examination paper consists of 12 questions divided into two parts A and B. Part A contains 7 questions and Part B contains the remaining questions. A candidate required to attempt 8 questions selecting at least 3 from each part. In how many ways can the candidate select the question

Step-by-step explanation:

There are 3 possible scenarios

1) 5 questions from A and 3 questions from B:

2) 4 questions from each part:

3) 3 questions from A and 5 questions from B:

Total number of ways:

the value of v.w= -12.

step-by-step explanation:

we are given three vector r,v and w as:

r = < 5, -5, -2> ; v = < 2, -8, -8> ; w = < -2, 6, -5>

we know that r,v and w could also be represented as:

r=5i-5j-2k

v=2i-8j-8k

and w= -2i+6j-5k

where i,j and k are the unit vectors of x,y and z-axis respectively.

also we know that it has the following property:

i.i=1 ; j.j=1; k.k=1

and i.=j.i=i.k=k.i=j.k=k.j=0

i.e. when we multiply two vectors or we find it's dot product we need to only multiply the components of x coordinates with each other; y with each other and z with each other.

hence, v.w= (2i-8j- -2i+6j-5k)

                  = 2×(-2)+(-8)×(6)+(-8)×(-5)

                  = -4-48+40

                  = -12

hence, v.w= -12

answer: it's d

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