Count of All Possible Ways to Choose N People With at Least X Men and Y Women from P Men and Q Women

Last Updated : 03 Dec, 2021

Given integers N, P, Q, X, and Y, the task is to find the number of ways to form a group of N people having at least X men and Y women from P men and Q women, where (X + Y ≤ N, X ≤ P and Y ≤ Q).

Examples:

Input: P = 4, Q = 2, N = 5, X = 3, Y = 1
Output: 6
Explanation: Suppose given pool is {m1, m2, m3, m4} and {w1, w2}. Then possible combinations are:
m1 m2 m3 m4 w1
m1 m2 m3 m4 w2
m1 m2 m3 w1 w2
m1 m2 m4 w1 w2
m1 m3 m4 w1 w2
m2 m3 m4 w1 w2

Hence the count is 6.

Input: P = 5, Q = 2, N = 6, X = 4, Y = 1
Output: 7

Approach: This problem is based on combinatorics where we need to select at least X men out of P men available, and at least Y women out of Q women available, so that total people selected are N.Consider the example:

P = 4, Q = 2, N = 5, X = 3, Y = 1.

In this, the possible selections are:(4 men out of 4) * (1 women out of 2) + (3 men out of 4) * (2 woman out of 2)= 4C4 * 2C1 + 4C3 * 2C2

So for some general values of P, Q and N, the approach can be visualised as:

$_{X}^{P}\textrm{C} \ast _{N-X}^{Q}\textrm{C} + _{X+1}^{P}\textrm{C} \ast _{N-X-1}^{Q}\textrm{C} + . . . + _{N-Y+1}^{P}\textrm{C} \ast _{Y-1}^{Q}\textrm{C} + _{N-Y}^{P}\textrm{C} \ast _{Y}^{Q}\textrm{C}$

where

$_{r}^{n}\textrm{C} = \frac{n!}{r!*(n-r)!}$

Follow the steps mentioned below to implement it:

Start iterating a loop from i = X till i = P.
Check if (N-i) satisfies the condition (N-i) ≥ Y and (N-i) ≤ Q. If the condition is satisfied then do as follows.
At each iteration calculate the number of possible ways if we choose i men and (N-i) women.
To get the number of possible ways for each iteration use the formula

$_{i}^{P}\textrm{C} \ast _{N-i}^{Q}\textrm{C}$

Add this value for each iteration with the total number of ways.
Return the total value as your answer.

Below is the implementation of the approach:

C++

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to calculate factorial
long long int fact(int f)
{
    f++;
    long long int ans = 1;
 
    // Loop to calculate factorial of f
    while (--f > 0)
        ans = ans * f;
    return ans;
}
 
// Function to calculate combination nCr
long long int ncr(int n, int r)
{
    return (fact(n) / (fact(r) * fact(n - r)));
}
 
// Function to calculate the number of ways
long long int countWays(int n, int p, int q,
                        int x, int y)
{
    // Variable to store the answer
    long long int sum = 0;
 
    // Loop to calculate the number of ways
    for (long long int i = x; i <= p; i++) {
        if (n - i >= y && n - i <= q)
            sum += (ncr(p, i) * ncr(q, n - i));
    }
    return sum;
}
 
// Driver code
int main()
{
    int P = 4, Q = 2, N = 5, X = 3, Y = 1;
 
    // Calculate possible ways for given
    // N, P, Q, X and Y
    cout << countWays(N, P, Q, X, Y) << endl;
    return 0;
}

Java

import java.util.*;
public class GFG
{
 
  // Function to calculate factorial
  static long fact(long f)
  {
    f++;
    long ans = 1;
 
    // Loop to calculate factorial of f
    while (--f > 0)
      ans = ans * f;
    return ans;
  }
 
  // Function to calculate combination nCr
  static long ncr(long n, long r)
  {
    return (fact(n) / (fact(r) * fact(n - r)));
  }
 
  // Function to calculate the number of ways
  static long countWays(int n, int p, int q,
                        int x, int y)
  {
    // Variable to store the answer
    long sum = 0;
 
    // Loop to calculate the number of ways
    for (long i = x; i <= p; i++) {
      if (n - i >= y && n - i <= q)
        sum += ((int)ncr(p, i) * (int)ncr(q, n - i));
    }
    return sum;
  }
 
  // Driver code
  public static void main(String args[])
  {
    int P = 4, Q = 2, N = 5, X = 3, Y = 1;
 
    // Calculate possible ways for given
    // N, P, Q, X and Y
    System.out.println(countWays(N, P, Q, X, Y));
  }
}
 
// This code is contributed by Samim Hossain Mondal.

Python3

# Function to calculate factorial
def fact (f):
    ans = 1
 
    # Loop to calculate factorial of f
    while (f):
        ans = ans * f
        f -= 1
 
    return ans
 
# Function to calculate combination nCr
def ncr (n, r):
    return (fact(n) // (fact(r) * fact(n - r)))
 
# Function to calculate the number of ways
def countWays (n, p, q, x, y) :
 
    # Variable to store the answer
    sum = 0
 
    # Loop to calculate the number of ways
    for i in range(x, p + 1):
        if (n - i >= y and n - i <= q):
            sum += (ncr(p, i) * ncr(q, n - i))    
    return sum
 
# Driver code
P = 4
Q = 2
N = 5
X = 3
Y = 1
 
# Calculate possible ways for given
# N, P, Q, X and Y
print(countWays(N, P, Q, X, Y))
 
# This code is contributed by gfgking

C#

using System;
class GFG
{
   
// Function to calculate factorial
static long fact(long f)
{
    f++;
    long ans = 1;
 
    // Loop to calculate factorial of f
    while (--f > 0)
        ans = ans * f;
    return ans;
}
 
// Function to calculate combination nCr
static long ncr(long n, long r)
{
    return (fact(n) / (fact(r) * fact(n - r)));
}
 
// Function to calculate the number of ways
static long countWays(int n, int p, int q,
                        int x, int y)
{
    // Variable to store the answer
    long sum = 0;
 
    // Loop to calculate the number of ways
    for (long i = x; i <= p; i++) {
        if (n - i >= y && n - i <= q)
            sum += ((int)ncr(p, i) * (int)ncr(q, n - i));
    }
    return sum;
}
 
// Driver code
public static void Main()
{
    int P = 4, Q = 2, N = 5, X = 3, Y = 1;
 
    // Calculate possible ways for given
    // N, P, Q, X and Y
    Console.Write(countWays(N, P, Q, X, Y));
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by Samim Hossain Mondal.

Javascript

<script>
 
    // Function to calculate factorial
    const fact = (f) => {
        f++;
        let ans = 1;
 
        // Loop to calculate factorial of f
        while (--f > 0)
            ans = ans * f;
        return ans;
    }
 
    // Function to calculate combination nCr
    const ncr = (n, r) => {
        return (fact(n) / (fact(r) * fact(n - r)));
    }
 
    // Function to calculate the number of ways
    const countWays = (n, p, q, x, y) => {
     
        // Variable to store the answer
        let sum = 0;
 
        // Loop to calculate the number of ways
        for (let i = x; i <= p; i++) {
            if (n - i >= y && n - i <= q)
                sum += (ncr(p, i) * ncr(q, n - i));
        }
        return sum;
    }
 
    // Driver code
 
    let P = 4, Q = 2, N = 5, X = 3, Y = 1;
 
    // Calculate possible ways for given
    // N, P, Q, X and Y
    document.write(countWays(N, P, Q, X, Y));
 
// This code is contributed by rakeshsahni
 
</script>

Output

Time Complexity: O(N²)
Auxiliary Space: O(1)

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