SOLUTION: A division has 20 employees, 12 males and 8 females. how many ways can they choose a president, a vice president, and a secretary in that order, if the president has to be a female

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Question 354342: A division has 20 employees, 12 males and 8 females. how many ways can they choose a president, a vice president, and a secretary in that order, if the president has to be a female and the other officers must be male?
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A division has 20 employees, 12 males and 8 females. how many ways can they choose a president, a vice president, and a secretary in that order, if the president has to be a female and the other officers must be male?
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# of ways to choose a president: 8
# of ways to choose a vp: 12
# of ways to choose a sec: 11
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Total # of ways: 8*12*11 = 1056
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Stan H.