There are 10 male and 8 female dancers in a club.

Question

There are 10 male and 8 female dancers in a club. If the club is to form two groups, each having 1 male and 1 female dancer, in how many ways can it be done?

(A)143
(B) 160 
(C) 1,260
(D) 2,520 
(E) 5,040

lifeforhuskar · Accepted Answer

Think of it like this:
abcdefghij 10 males
klmnopqr 8 females

lets say we create first group 
ak --group 1
and second group 
bl --group 2 
so this is out of 5040 , 1 way of selecting 2 group

second way will be
bl--group1
ak--group2
this will be again 1 ways of selecting 2 group in 5040

but as we have already taken this combination, we should divide the whole set 5040 by 2 to get the correct ways

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lifeforhuskar · Answer

first group can be created in 10M*8F =80 ways
second group can be created in remaining 9M*7F=63 ways

so total no. of ways 80*63=5040 
but there will be times when the choices in first group will be similar to choices in second group so divide it by 2!

hence 2520

IMO D

jack0997 · Answer

I did not get ' but there will be times when the choices in first group will be similar to choices in second group so divide it by 2! '?

sujaygmat · Answer

How there will be times when both the groups will have similar choices?

Aren't we taking care of that when we consider 10 and 8 for first group and 9 and 7 for second?

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freedom128 · Answer

Group 1 can be formed in 10*8=80 ways. 
Group 2 can be formed in 9*7=63 ways.

If we differentiate the sequence strictly, total no. of ways can be 80*63=5,040. However, we should not consider such strict sequence, e.g. A+B in group 1 and C+D in group 2 sensically make no difference with C+D in group 1 and A+B. Therefore, 5,040 ways have to be divided by 2! groups = 2,520 ways.

Answer is (D)

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ScottTargetTestPrep · Answer

The number of ways to select the first group of 1 male and 1 female dancers is 10 x 8 = 80. The number of ways to select the next group is 9 x 7 = 63. Notice that when we multiply 80 and 63, we will have counted each pair of groups twice: If AB is one group and CD is another group; we first count AB as the first group and CD as the second group and then, we count CD as the first group and AB as the second group, but these pairs of groups actually represent one of the possibilities. Thus, we need to divide the product by 2. Therefore, the total number of ways to select the 2 groups is 80 x 63 x 1/2 = 2,520.

Answer: D

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