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Three gentlemen and three ladies are candidates for two vacancies. A voter has to vote for two candidates. In how many ways can one cast his vote?

A

` \ ^3C_1.^3C_1 `

B

` \ ^6C_2 `

C

` \ ^3C_1`

D

None of these

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The correct Answer is:
D

There are 6 candidates and a voter has to vote for any two of them. So, the required number of ways is,
`=\ ^{6} C_{2} `
`=frac{6 !}{2 ! times 4 !} `
`=15`
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