SOLUTION: Determine whether the following are permutations or combinations? 1. Assigning students to their seats on the first day of school. 2. Selecting three students to represent th

Question 616769: Determine whether the following are permutations or combinations?
1. Assigning students to their seats on the first day of school.
2. Selecting three students to represent the school at a Honor Society conference in Washington D.C.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1. Assigning students to their seats on the first day of school.

You use a permutation here since order matters.

2. Selecting three students to represent the school at a Honor Society conference in Washington D.C.

You use a combination here since order does not matter.
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