SOLUTION: If there are 25 students in the class and we need to select a President and Secretary for our meetings, how many possibilities are there?
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Question 1094738: If there are 25 students in the class and we need to select a President and Secretary for our meetings, how many possibilities are there? Answer by greenestamps(13198) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Fundamental Counting Principle: Multiply together the number of choices there are for each event.
In this example, the two events are choosing a president and choosing a secretary; note that either one can be done first.
(1) How many choices are there for the first officer elected?
(2) Assuming the other officer has to be a different person, how many choices are there for the second officer?
Multiply together the two answers from (1) and (2).
