SOLUTION: If there are 25 students in the class and we need to select a President and Secretary for our meetings, how many possibilities are there?

Question 1091231: If there are 25 students in the class and we need to select a President and Secretary for our meetings, how many possibilities are there?
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, jorel1380:
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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25 options for the President position, and
24 options of remaining 24 candidates for the Secretary position.

In all, there are 25*24 = 600 possibilities.

Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Assuming the President and the Secretary can't be the same person, then there are 25 x 24 possibilities of choosing the two positions.
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