solution:
I choose 5 women from a pool of 10 in 10C2 ways.
I choose 5 men from a pool of 12 in 12C2 ways.
So total number of ways of choosing in 10C2 x 12C2. Now I need to arrange them in 5 pairs. This is where I have a different solution. The solution says that there are 5! ways to arrange them in pairs.
But I cant seem to understand why? My reasoning is that for first pair position I need to choose 1 man from 5 and 1 woman from 5. So for the first position I have 5 x 5 choices (5 for man and 5 for woman). Similarly for the second position I have 4 x 4 choices and so on. Hence the total ways are 5! x 5!
So I calculate the total ways as 10C2 * 12C2 * 5! * 5!. Can anyone point the flaw in my reasoning for arranging the chosen men and women in pairs.
Answer:
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Step-by-step explanation:
First, we find all the possibilities for p and q in a table:
p q
t t
t f
f t
f f
then -p:
-p q
f t
f f
t t
t f
and we apply the operator --> (rightarrow), that is only f (false) y if the first one is t (true) and the second one is f (false)
-p ---> q
f t t
f t f
t t t
t f f
