SOLUTION: Four names are drawn from among the 24 members of a club for the offices of president, vice-president, treasurer and secretary. In how many different ways can this be done?

Question 980252: Four names are drawn from among the 24 members of a club for the offices of president, vice-president, treasurer and secretary. In how many different ways can this be done?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
24 choices for slot A
23 choices for slot B (we can't pick a person to fulfill 2 offices at the same time)
22 choices for slot C
21 choices for slot D

24*23*22*21 = 255,024

There are 255,024 ways to pick four names from twenty-four people total.
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