document.write( "Question 1151655: Three research department have8,10, and 6 members,respectively.Each department is to select a delegate and an alternate to,represent the department at a conference.In how many ways can this be done? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "    In this problem, does the order matter ?\r\n" );
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document.write( "    In other words, is the pair (delegate,alternate) considered as equivalent to the pair (alternate,delegate) and, therefore, counted only once ?\r\n" );
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