Question

From a group of 2 men (M₁, M₂) and three women (W₁, W₂, W₃), two persons are selected. Describe the sample space of the experiment. If E is the event in which one man and one woman are selected, then which are the cases favourable to E?

Answer 1

Let S be the sample space of given event.
∴ S = { (M₁, M₂), (M₁, W₁), (M₁, W₂), (M₁, W₃), (M₂, W₁), (M₂, W₂), (M₂, W₃), (W₁, W₂) (W₁, W₃), (W₂, W₃)}
Let E be the event that one man and one woman are selected.
∴ E = {(M₁, W₁), (M₁, W₂), (M₁, W₃), (M₂, W₁), (M₂, W₂), (M₂, W₃)}