Question 1193984
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Answer:  <font color=red>24</font>


Reason:
Multiply the values given
4*3*2 = <font color=red>24</font>


Why does this work? 
Well let's consider just the president and VP for now.
We have 4 people for president and 3 for VP.
Make a table with 4 rows and 3 columns. 
The rows correspond to the candidates for president, while the columns are for VP. 
This table has 4*3 = 12 inner cells to show the twelve different president/VP combos.


To further extend this thought exercise, now consider a table with 12 rows and 2 columns.
The rows represent all the possible president/VP combos covered in the previous paragraph.
The columns represent the different possibilities for secretary. 
This second table has 12*2 = 24 different cells. Each of the 24 cells shows a different combo of president/VP/secretary.


We can rewrite 12*2 = 24 into 4*3*2 = 24 to see why we multiply the values. 


Side note: Optionally you could create a tree diagram to help see all the possible outcomes.
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