SOLUTION: Your school yearbook has an editor-in-chief and an assistant editor-in-chief. The staff of the yearbook has 15 students. In how many ways can students be chosen for these 2 positio

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Question 357342: Your school yearbook has an editor-in-chief and an assistant editor-in-chief. The staff of the yearbook has 15 students. In how many ways can students be chosen for these 2 positions?
Answer by checkley77(12844) About Me  (Show Source):
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The editor in chief is one of 15.
The assistant editor in chief is 1/14.
Thus you have:
15*14=210 different ways to fill these 2 positions.