SOLUTION: 1. A teacher is passing out first-, second-, and third-place prizes for the best student actor in a production of Hamlet. If there are 14 students in the class, in how many differe
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Question 852984: 1. A teacher is passing out first-, second-, and third-place prizes for the best student actor in a production of Hamlet. If there are 14 students in the class, in how many different ways can the awards be presented?
2. Mrs. Marshall has 11 boys and 14 girls in her kindergarten class this year.
a. In how many ways can she select 2 girls to pass out a snack?
b. In how many ways can she select 5 boys to pass out new books?
c. In how many ways can she select 3 students to carry papers to the office?
3. The members of a track team want to choose a team captain and someone to organize their equipment. In how many ways can 2 people be chosen from a team of 10 girls?
4. Holly wants to choose 5 different decorative tiles out of 8. If she plans to place the 5 tiles in a row, end to end, in how many different ways can she arrange them, from left to right?
5. The principal of the high school selects 4 Merit Scholars to attend a Town Council meeting. If there are a total of 12 Merit Scholars at the school, in how many ways can the students be selected? Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source):
