document.write( "Question 966581: Find the number of ways a president, vice president and secretary can be chosen from a committee of ten members, if no member can serve in more than one office. \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "President, Vice-president, and Secretary create a certain order, so order\r\n" );
document.write( "matters, so it's the permutations, (not combinations), of 10 things taken 3\r\n" );
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document.write( "10P3 = 10*9*8 = 720 ways.\r\n" );
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