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A tennis club has 15 members: eight women and seven men. How many different teams may be formed consisting of one woman and one man on each team? ​

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Answer:

12870ways

Explanation:

Combination has to do with selection

Total members in a tennis club = 15

number of men = 8

number of women = 7

Number of team consisting of women will be expressed as 15C7

15C7 = 15!/(15-7)!7!

15C7 = 15!/8!7!

15C7 = 15*14*13*12*11*10*9*8!/8!7!

15C7 = 15*14*13*12*11*10*9/7 * 6 * 5 * 4 * 3 * 2

15C7 = 15*14*13*12*11/56

15C7 = 6,435 ways

Number of team consisting of men will be expressed as 15C8

15C8 = 15!/8!7!

15C8 = 15*14*13*12*11*10*9*8!/8!7!

15C8 = 15*14*13*12*11*10*9/7 * 6 * 5 * 4 * 3 * 2

15C8 = 6,435 ways

Adding both

Total ways = 6,435 ways + 6,435 ways

Total ways = 12870ways

Hence the required number of ways is 12870ways

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