1]: Five men, named A BCDE, and three women, named X Y Z, are to be...
Probability
13. Four men and three women are to be seated in a seven-chair row. Find the probability for each arrangement if a. the women will sit together b. the men and women will sit alternately. c. a man will sit in the first seat. d. the men will sit together.
If five teachers and six students (three boys and three girls) are to be seated in a row how many seating arrangements are possible if: a) there are no restrictions? b) students must sit together? c) boys sit together, girls sit together, and teachers sit together? d) boys sit together and girls sit together? e) no two teachers sit together?
how many ways are there to arrange four men and five women in a row, such that the men and women must each be in increasing order of their ages
Thirty students are members of the Biology Club: 21 are men (one of whom is named Joe) and 9 are women (one of whom is named Kate). Five students are to be selected (unordered, without replacement) to form the Leadership Committee. 12a) How many different Leadership Committees are possible? 12b) Refer to the previous question. How many options are there if Joe can’t be on the committee? How many options are there if Joe must be on the committee? Hint:...
1) (5pts) Three married couples have purchased theater tickets and are seated in a row consisting of just six seats. a) How many different seating arrangements are possible? TOTAL: b) How many difet seating arangements ave thethrce men (in any order) in the three leftmost seats? TOTAL: c) Assume the theater-goers take their seats in a completely random fashion. Then each of the seating arrangements in part a) are equally likely. Find the probability that the three men end up...
Choosing officers: A committee consists of eleven women and
seven men. Five committee members will be chosen as officers.
a. How many different choices are possible? b. How many different choices are possible if all the officers are to be women? c. How many different choices are possible if all the officers are to be men? d. What is the probability that all the officers are women?! e. What is the probability that at least one officer is a man?
(4 points) From a group of 8 men and 6 women a committee consisting of 4 men and 3 women is to be formed. How many different committees are possible if (a) 2 of the men refuse to serve together? answer: (a) 2 of the women refuse to serve together? answer: (a) 1 man and 1 woman refuse to serve together? answer:
64 72 1. A college student wonders if tall women tend to date taller men than do short women. She measures herself, her dormitory roommate, and the women in the adjoining rooms; then she measures the next man each woman dates. Here are the data (heights in inches): Women (x): 66 66 65 70 65 Men (y): 68 70 68 71 65 a. Make a scatter plot (using technology) of thele data. Based on the scatter plot, do you expect...
Problem 2 a) In how many ways can 6 women and 5 men line up so that no two men are next to one another? b) In how many ways can 7 different pairs of twins line up so that twins must be next to one another? c) In how many ways can 7 women and 10 men sit at a circular table so that no two women are sitting side by side? d) How many strings of length 5...
1. There are five chairs in a row. How many different ways can you seat two girls and three boys if both girls must sit next to each other?