Respuesta :
Answer:
The total number of ways the researcher can select 5 women and 5 men for a study is 7,56,756.
Step-by-step explanation:
The complete question is:
From a group of 10 women and 15 men, a researcher wants to randomly select 5 women and 5 men for a study in how many ways can the study group be selected?
Solution:
In mathematics, the procedure to select k items from n distinct items, without replacement, is known as combinations.
The formula to compute the combinations of k items from n is given by the formula:
[tex]{n\choose k}=\frac{n!}{k!\cdot (n-k)!}[/tex]
The number of women in the group: [tex]n_{w}=10[/tex].
The number of women the researcher selects for the study, [tex]k_{w}=5[/tex]
Compute the total number of ways to select 5 women from 10 as follows:
[tex]{n_{w}\choose k_{w}}=\frac{n_{w}!}{k_{w}!\cdot (n_{w}-k_{w})!}=\frac{10!}{5!\cdot (10-5)!}=\frac{10!}{5!\times 5!}=252[/tex]
The number of men in the group: [tex]n_{m}=15[/tex].
The number of men the researcher selects for the study, [tex]k_{m}=5[/tex]
Compute the total number of ways to select 5 men from 15 as follows:
[tex]{n_{m}\choose k_{m}}=\frac{n_{m}!}{k_{m}!\cdot (n_{m}-k_{m})!}=\frac{15!}{5!\cdot (15-5)!}=\frac{15!}{5!\times 10!}=3003[/tex]
Compute the total number of ways the researcher can select 5 women and 5 men for a study as follows:
[tex]{n_{w}\choose k_{w}}\times {n_{m}\choose k_{m}}=252\times 3003=756756[/tex]
Thus, the total number of ways the researcher can select 5 women and 5 men for a study is 7,56,756.
