Casle, Matthew, Nick, Breayn, and Monika are all running for the president, vice president, and secretary for the Spanish Club. How many possible ways can these students be chosen for the positions?

1 Answer
Nov 24, 2015

When the order of the students is important, then this is called a Permutation :

#5xx4xx3=60# ways

Explanation:

Out of 5 students and 3 positions ...

There are 5 ways to choose president
Next, there are 4 ways to choose vice-president
Finally, there are 3 ways to choose secretary

Answer #= (5)(4)(3)=60#

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