How many ways can a president vice president and secretary be chosen from a committee of eight people?

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12 ways for the president position; 11 ways for the vice president position; 10 ways for the treasure position; and 9 ways for the secretary position. In all, there are 12*11*10*9 = 11880 ways. ANSWER The order is important (the order does matter) - so we use permutations and do not use combinations in this problem. ---------------- Compare it with the solution of the next problem under the link

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