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Question 960740: there are 5 girls and 5 boys in a tennis team. How many ways can one 'mixed doubles' pair be selected
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Given:
5 boys and 5 girls in tennis team

Find:
Number ways to select mixed doubles pairs

Solution:
Take any girl, there are 5 boys to choose from for the first pair.
Then there are 4 boys to choose from fro the second pair, etc.
There is a total of 5.4.3.2.1=120 possible ways to choose.
Since we can choose any girl at any point, order is not important.

Answer:
There are 120 ways to form the mixed doubles pairs.