SOLUTION: From a pool of 25 candidates, the offices of president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer must be filled. In how many ways can the offices be filled?

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Question 1027702: From a pool of 25 candidates, the offices of president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer must be filled. In how many ways can the offices be filled?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since there is a first office (president), a second office 
(vice president), a third office (secretary) and a 4th
office (treasurer), order matters, so we use permutations:

25 candidates Position 4 = 25P4 = 25*24*23*22 = 303600

Edwin
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