document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=362306>Question 362306</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Elected Board of Directors. There are 12 members on the board of director for the Newport General Hospital. (a)	If they must elect a chairperson, first vice chairperson, second vice chairperson and secretary, how many different slates of candidates are possible? (b)	If they must form an ethics subcommittee of four members, how many different subcommittees are possible?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "nPr: Permutation of n things r at a time. = n!/(n-r)!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12P4=11,880 different subcommittees are possible.<BR>\n" );
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