SOLUTION: A 12-member committee is going to choose a chairman, vice-chairman, and secretary. In how many ways can these people be chosen?

Question 857791: A 12-member committee is going to choose a chairman, vice-chairman, and secretary.

In how many ways can these people be chosen?
Answer by ben720(159) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

For the first job they choose, there are 12 possibilities.
For the second, there are only 11 left.
For the third, there are but 10 left.
To find the permutations, multiply all the possibilities so that each combination is counted.

There are 1320 permutations.

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