JEE Advanced Mathematics question

The number of ways of selecting two numbers from the first 15 natural numbers such that their sum is a multiple of 5, is

Answer: (C)

Solution

Classify by remainder mod 5: each remainder class has exactly 3 numbers. The sum is

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Question ID VK-110013