Question 88731: a club with 10 members is to pick a president, vice president, treasurer, and secretary. If each office is to be held by one person and no person can hold 2 offices, in how many ways can those offices be filled?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! a club with 10 members is to pick a president, vice president, treasurer, and secretary. If each office is to be held by one person and no person can hold 2 offices, in how many ways can those offices be filled?
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10 ways to choose a president
9 ways to choose a vp
8 ways to choose a treasurer
7 ways to choose a secretary
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Multiply to get the total number of ways to choose the officers.
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Anothe way to get it 10P4 = 5040
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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