JEE Main 2026 Mathematics question

MathematicsPermutations and CombinationsJEE Main 2026

Let ABC be a triangle. Consider four points on the side AB, five points on the side BC and four points on the side AC. None of these points is a vertex of the triangle ABC. Then the total number of pentagons, that can be formed by taking all the vertices from the points , is .

Answer: 660

Solution

Summing cases (2,2,1),(2,1,2),(1,2,2) etc: .

Question ID VK-001095