document.write( "Question 1137598: How many different groups of 4 officers (president, vice president, treasurer, secretary) can
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document.write( "These groups are ordered and personalized, so the order is important.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, we have a deal with permutations, not with combinations.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The answer is   35*34*33*32 = 1256640 different ordered groups.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Everyone of 35 members can be at the president position;\r\n" );
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document.write( "everyone of the remaining 34 members can be at the vice president position,\r\n" );
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document.write( "    . . . and so on . . . \r\n" );
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