SOLUTION: Which of the following does not represent the number of ways a president, vice president, and secretary can be chosen from a group of 5 people?
A.P(3,5)
B.5*4*3
C.P(5,3)
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Question 626154: Which of the following does not represent the number of ways a president, vice president, and secretary can be chosen from a group of 5 people?
A.P(3,5)
B.5*4*3
C.P(5,3)
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since P(5,3) = 5*4*3 and they both represent how to choose 3 people from a pool of 5 (where order matters), this means that choices B and C have been eliminated.
So the answer is choice A
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