document.write( "Question 1183939: A club with 13 members is to choose three officers: president, vice-president, and secretary-treasurer. If each office is to be held by one person and no person can hold more than one office, in how many ways can those offices be filled? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #814452 by ikleyn(52788)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! . \n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "13 options for the president position;\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "12 options for the vice-president position, and\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "11 options for the secretary-treasurer position.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "In all, it gives 13*12*11 = 1716 possible ways to fill the offices. ANSWER\r\n" ); document.write( "\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Solved.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "-------------------\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "This problem is about PERMUTATIONS.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "On Permutations, see introductory lessons \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " - Introduction to Permutations\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " - PROOF of the formula on the number of Permutations\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " - Problems on Permutations\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " - Special type permutations problems \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " - OVERVIEW of lessons on Permutations and Combinations\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "in this site.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Also, you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-II in this site\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " - ALGEBRA-II - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The referred lessons are the part of this online textbook under the topic \"Combinatorics: Combinations and permutations\". \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Save the link to this textbook together with its description\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-II \n" ); document.write( "https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/complex/ALGEBRA-II-YOUR-ONLINE-TEXTBOOK.lesson\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "into your archive and use when it is needed.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |