Question

Mrs Atkins is going to choose two students from her class to take part in a competition.

Answer 1

Given:

Total number of girls in her class = 16

Total number of boys in her class = 14

To find:

The number of different ways of choosing one girl and one boy.

Solution:

We have,

Total number of girls = 16

Total number of boys = 14

So,

Total number of ways to select one girl from 16 girls = 16

Total number of ways to select one boy from 14 boys = 14

Now, number of different ways of choosing one girl and one boy is

$16\times 14=224$

Therefore, the required number of different ways is 224.