document.write( "Question 511456: Hello! I need to know how to set up the following question? Thanks so much!
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document.write( "How many ways can a male and female be selected to decorate for a party from a club consisting of 7 members, 5 being men and 2 are women.
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document.write( "There are ______ number of ways that male and female can be selected? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #342349 by Maths68(1474)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! We need to select 1 man from 5 and 1 woman from 2\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Use \n" ); document.write( "nCr=n!/r!(n-r)! \n" ); document.write( "1 man from 5 \n" ); document.write( "5C1=5!/1!(5-1)! \n" ); document.write( "5C1=5!/1!4! \n" ); document.write( "5C1=5*4!/1!4! \n" ); document.write( "Cancel out 4! \n" ); document.write( "5C1=5 ways \n" ); document.write( "1 woman from 2 \n" ); document.write( "2C1=2!/1!(2-1)! \n" ); document.write( "2C1=2!/1!1! \n" ); document.write( "2C1=2*1 \n" ); document.write( "2C1=2 ways\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Total Number of ways = 5C2*2C1=5*2=10 ways\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "One man can be selected out of 5 men = 5 ways \n" ); document.write( "One woman can be select out of 2 women = 2 ways\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "There are 10 number of ways that male and female can be selected\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |