SOLUTION: A club consists of five members : {Andre,Beatrice,Claude,Denis,Edith}. How many ways can a president and a secretary be elected if the same person cannot hold both jobs?
A 5 B
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A 5 B
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Question 287846: A club consists of five members : {Andre,Beatrice,Claude,Denis,Edith}. How many ways can a president and a secretary be elected if the same person cannot hold both jobs?
A 5 B 10 C 20 D 25 E none of these Answer by dabanfield(803) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! There are 5 ways to select the president. For each of these there are then 4 ways to select the secretary. The total number of ways to select both then is 5*4 = 20.
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