document.write( "Question 1024874: In how many ways can we select a president,vice president,secretary,treasurer and auditor from a group of 8 persons? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "There are 8 ways to choose the president.\r\n" );
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document.write( "That leaves 7 choices for vice-president.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So there are 8*7 ways to choose the president\r\n" );
document.write( "and the vice-president.\r\n" );
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document.write( "That leaves 6 choices for secretary.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So there are 8*7*6 ways to choose the president,\r\n" );
document.write( "vice-president, and secretary,\r\n" );
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document.write( "That leaves 5 choices for treasurer.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So there are 8*7*6*5 ways to choose the president,\r\n" );
document.write( "vice-president, secretary, and treasurer.\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's 8P4 = 8*7*6*5 = 1680 ways.\r\n" );
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