Q54 / 90 · JEE Main 2022 (29 Jul Shift 2) · Mathematics

The number of natural numbers lying between 1012 and 23421 that can be formed using the digits 2,3,4,5,6 (repetition of digits is not allowed) and divisible by 55 is _____.

Correct answer: 6

Solution

Given number should be 4 digit numbers between 1012 & 23421 and can be formed using the number 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6 and should be divisible by 55

CASE I: When number has 4 digit, 

Now for divisibility by 55, number should be divisible by 5 and 11 both

Also, for divisibility by 11 for below figure,

Figure

Now fixing d=5 the total possible cases for a,b,c will be 6,4,3,3,4,6,2,3,6,6,3,2,3,2,4 & 4,2,3

CASE II:

When number has 5 digits.

Let the number be abcde.

Here e is fixed at 5. So the other 4 digits must be from 2,3,4,6

No such number is possible because even the least number formed is greater than 23421.

Hence, the total number of required numbers =6

Hence, the correct answer is 6.

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