A three-member committee has to be formed from a group of 9 people. How many such distinct committees can be formed?

In manufacturing industries, loss is usually taken to be proportional to the square of the deviation from a target. If the loss is Rs. 4900 for a deviation of 7 units, what would be the loss in Rupees for a deviation of 4 units from the target?

For non-negative integers, a, b, c, what would be the value of a + b + c if $$$\log \,a\, + \,\log \,b\, + \,\log \,c\, = \,0?$$$

A faulty wall clock is known to gain 15 minutes every 24 hours. It is synchronized to the correct time at 9 AM on 11th July. What will be the correct time to the nearest minute when the clock shows 2 PM on 15th July of the same year?