SOLUTION: In how many ways can a chairperson and a vice chairperson be selected from a committee of 25 senators?

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Question 892595: In how many ways can a chairperson and a vice chairperson be selected from a committee of 25 senators?

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are 25 ways to pick the chairperson.

After you pick one person, you cannot pick him/her again for the vice chairperson. So you have 25-1 = 24 people left.

That means you have 25*24 = 600 ways to pick two people.

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