SOLUTION: Easy Probability question! Please help! Out of a group of 30 students,5 have been selected for student council. There are 5 different position on the student council.How many di

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Out of a group of 30 students,5 have been selected for student council. There are 5 different position on the student council.How many different arrangements are possible for assigning these positions to the 5 students?
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Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Easy Probability question! Please help!
Out of a group of 30 students,5 have been selected for student council. There are 5 different position on the student council.How many different arrangements are possible for assigning these positions to the 5 students?
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5 have already been selected so that is not part of the problem.
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Since the positions are "different", order is implied.
Ans: 5! = 120 ways
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Stan H.
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