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CAT/2003

Question . 29

There are 6 boxes numbered 1,2,.........6. Each box is to be filled up either with a red or a green ball in such a way that at least 1 boxcontains a green ball and the boxes containing green balls are consecutively numbered. The total number of ways in which thiscan be done is

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(b) As the boxes containing the green balls areconsecutively numbered total number of ways will be6 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 = 21 ways