Question

6 people are sitting around a table. Let x be the number of people sitting next to at least one woman and y be the number of people sitting next to at least one man. How many possible values of the ordered pair (x,y) are there? (For example, (6,0) is the pair if all 6 people are women, since all 6 people are sitting next to a woman, and 0 people are sitting next to a man.)

Answer 1

pls help

Answer 2

What methods are you studying in class?

Answer 3

counting and probability

Answer 4

I think I get it.

Answer 5

Well, at least there is an approach to it that you can do, although it may be time consuming

Answer 6

so what is it

Answer 7

can you help me do it because i don't know how to

Answer 8

You'd have to list all possible tables, then list all possible pairs for each table.

Answer 9

For the above you have (6,2) and (2,6)

Answer 10

(6,0) and (0,6) are given.

Answer 11

So now you have four points already

Answer 12

Now keep increasing the number of Men while decreasing the number of women and the first table, and for the second table, increase the number of women, while decreasing the number of men until you have the opposite of what you started with.

Answer 13

then create the corresponding pairs for each and then you'll be done.

Answer 14

A little time consuming, but it works.

Answer 15

Still lost?

Answer 16

yes

Answer 17

I'll show you in vyew.

Answer 18

http://vyew.com/157292/Open_Study