document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=171502>Question 171502</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Given the group(Allen,Brenda,Chad,Dorothy,Eric,Fred,Gail) determine  ther number of ways of chooding a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Order is implied by the offices listed, so the answer is a number of permutations.  That answer is 7P4 = 6!/(6-4)! = 7*6*5*4*3 = 840<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is equivalent to 7 ways to choose the pres, 6 ways to choose the vp,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "etc.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the offices do not imply order the answer is 7C4 = 35<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is equivalent of 35 ways to simply picking 4 people from the 7 available.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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