SOLUTION: Scott has been given a list of 4 bands and asked to place a vote. His vote must have the names of his favorite and second favorite bands from the list. How many different votes are

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Question 1133982: Scott has been given a list of 4 bands and asked to place a vote. His vote must have the names of his favorite and second favorite bands from the list. How many different votes are possible?
Answer by Glaviolette(140) About Me  (Show Source):
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I am looking at this as having 4 options and choosing 2 of them. Because the order of the two selections does matter (first is favorite and second pick is second favorite, permutation should be used. The formula is n!/(n-r)! which would be 4!/(4-2)! = 12.