SOLUTION: 8. The board of directors of Mercy Community Hosp. has 12 members. Three officers-president, vice president, and treasurer-must be elected from the members. If we view a slate of

Question 373293: 8. The board of directors of Mercy Community Hosp. has 12 members. Three officers-president, vice president, and treasurer-must be elected from the members. If we view a slate of officers as a list of 3 people with one person for president listed first, one person for vice president listed second and one person for treasurer listed third, how many different possible slates of officers are there?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
nPr=Permutations of n things taken r at a time=n!/(n-r)!
12P3
=12!/9!
=12*11*10*9!/9!
=12*11*10
=1,320 slates
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Ed
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