Question 1190907
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There are 30 choices for the first pick in the draft.
Then there are 29 choices for the second pick.
Then 28 choices for the third, and so on.


We start at 30 and count down until we have 8 slots to fill up
30, 29, 28, 27
26, 25, 24, 23


Multiply out those values:
30*29*28*27*26*25*24*23 = <font color=red>235,989,936,000</font>
This number is just a bit under 236 billion


Alternatively, you can use the nPr permutation formula with n = 30 and r = 8.

We use a permutation because order matters.
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