document.write( "Question 528682: I am having a really hard time trying to figure out this question please help,all I know so far is that I should use permutation, but I don't know how:\r
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document.write( "A class consists of 60 ladies and 40 men. In how many ways can a president, vice president, treasurer and secretary be chosen if the treasurer must be a lady, the secretary must be a man and the student may not hold more than one office?\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #349384 by josmiceli(19441)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! I'll take shot at it, but you might want to get \n" ); document.write( "a 2nd opinion \n" ); document.write( "Since the treasurer must be a lady, there are \n" ); document.write( "60 different ways that office can be filled \n" ); document.write( "Since the Secretary must be a man, there are \n" ); document.write( "40 ways that office can be filled. \n" ); document.write( "There are \n" ); document.write( "that the 2 offices can be held \n" ); document.write( "------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Once the Treasurer and Secretary offices have \n" ); document.write( "been filled, there are \n" ); document.write( "people left to fill President and Vice-President \n" ); document.write( "There are \n" ); document.write( "these 2 offices ( M or F doesn't matter ) \n" ); document.write( "------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "The 4 offices can then be filled in \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "( I lost calculator, you can finish ) \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |