In: Statistics and Probability
COLLAPSE The student governing board at Milton University consists of 7 members: Andy, Bill, Cathy, David, Evelyn, Frank, Gina. List and count the different ways of electing each of the following:
· A president and a secretary if one person can hold both offices
· A president and a secretary if the president must be a female
· A president and a secretary if the two officers must not be the same sex
· A president, a secretary, and a treasurer
· A president, a secretary, and a treasurer, if the president must be a man and the other two must be women
· A president, a secretary, and a treasurer, if the secretary must be a woman and the other two must be men
Please explain your answers and show all the work.
Men - Bill, David, Frank, Andy
Women - Cathy, Evelyn, Gina
A president and a secretary if one person can hold both offices
= 7 *7 = 49
there are 7 person for each job
· A president and a secretary if the president must be a female
CE, CG, CB, CD, CF, CA, EG, EB, ED, EF, EA, GB, GD, GF,
GA.(15)
· A president and a secretary if the two officers must not be the same sex
= 4 * 3 + 3*4 = 24
note that there are 4 ways to select person for 1 post and 3 for other
and there are two ways to select if president will be selected from male or female , other will be fixed automatically
A president, a secretary, and a treasurer = 210
· A president, a secretary, and a treasurer, if the president must be a man and the other two must be women =24
· A president, a secretary, and a treasurer, if the secretary must be a woman and the other two must be men = 36
explanation :-