Question

A zoo has a menagerie containing four pairs of different animals, one male and one female for each. The zookeeper wishes to feed the animals in a specific pattern: each time he feeds a single animal, the next one he feeds must be a different gender. If he starts by feeding the male giraffe, how many ways can he feed all the animals?

Answer 1

Answer:

144

Step-by-step explanation:

We will use permutations to solve this problem

There are 4 pairs each having a male and a female.

The total number of sample points is 4! = 4*3*2*1= 24

He chooses the male first  then the number of sample space he is left with are 3! = 3*2*1=6

The total number of ways he can select is 4! 3! = 24 * 6= 144

Another way of finding it out is

he has 4 pairs  each having a male and a female so he chooses 1st male then he would choose from this

4 female choices*3 male choices * 3 female choices *2 male choices *2 female choices *1 male choices *1 female choices *= 4*3*3*2*2*1*1= 144