CAIE S1 2024 March — Question 6

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2024
SessionMarch
TopicCombinations & Selection

6 A new village social club has 10 members of whom 6 are men and 4 are women. The club committee will consist of 5 members.
  1. In how many ways can the committee of 5 members be chosen if it must include at least 2 men and at least 1 woman?
    The 10 members of the club stand in a line for a photograph.
  2. How many different arrangements are there of the 10 members if all the men stand together and all the women stand together?
    For a second photograph, the members stand in two rows, with 6 on the back row and 4 on the front row. Olly and his sister Petra are two of the members of the club.
  3. How many different arrangements are there of the 10 members in which Olly and Petra stand next to each other on the front row?
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