Answer :
Given:
The number of males = 12
The number of females = 12
The number of ways to select r objects from n objects is given as,
[tex]^nC_r=\frac{n!}{r!(n-r)!}[/tex]The number of ways to choose one male and one female is given as,
[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{Number of ways=}^{12}C_1\times^{12}C_1 \\ =\frac{12!}{1!(12-1)!}\times\frac{12!}{1!(12-1)!} \\ =12\times12 \\ =144 \end{gathered}[/tex]Answer: the numbers of ways are 144.