A sports team of 11 students is to be constituted, choosing at least 5 from class XI and at least 5 from class XII. If there are 20 students in each of these classes, in how many ways can the team be constituted?
There are 20 students in each classes and there is need of at least 5 students in each class to form a team of team of 11.
Now
There are two ways in which the selection can be possible
1. Selecting 5 from $\mathrm{XI}$ and 6 from $\mathrm{XII}$
2. Selecting 6 from $\mathrm{XI}$ and 5 from $\mathrm{XII}$
Now, considering first case,
No. of ways in selection of 5 students from 20 in class $\mathrm{XI}={ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{5}$
No. of ways in selection of 6 students from 20 in class $X I I={ }^{20} C_{6}$
By multiplication principle total no. of ways in first case is
$={ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{5} \times{ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{6}$
Now, considering second case,
No. of ways in selection of 6 students from 20 in class $\mathrm{XI}={ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{6}$
No. of ways in selection of 5 students from 20 in class $\mathrm{XII}={ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{5}$
By multiplication principle total no. of ways in second case is
$={ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{6} \times{ }^{20} \mathrm{C}_{5}$
Now the total no. of ways will be the addition of both the cases
$={ }^{20} C_{5} \times{ }^{20} C_{6}+{ }^{20} C_{6} \times{ }^{20} C_{5}$
$=2^{\times{ }^{20} C_{6}} \times{ }^{20} C_{5}$
Thus these are the ways by which A sports team of 11 students is to be constituted