Consider the following counting problem. A pool of possible jurors consists of 11 men and 13 women. How many different juries consisting of 5 women and 7 men are possible?
To solve this problem, which of the following rules would you use?
A)Both the combinations rule and the basic counting rule
B)The combinations rule only
C)Both the permutations rule and the basic counting rule
D)The basic counting rule only

Question

Consider the following counting problem. A pool of possible jurors consists of 11 men and 13 women. How many different juries consisting of 5 women and 7 men are possible?
To solve this problem, which of the following rules would you use? 
A)Both the combinations rule and the basic counting rule
B)The combinations rule only
C)Both the permutations rule and the basic counting rule
D)The basic counting rule only

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

To form a jury, you need to choose 5 women from 13 and 7 men from 11, which involves combinations. Then, you multiply the number of ways to choose women by the number of ways to choose men, which involves the basic counting rule.

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