If 12 students run in a class election where each student running can be elected to one of three positions, how many different outcomes are there for President, Vice President and Secretary?

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Shwetank Mauria
Feb 18, 2016

Total number of outcome are #1320#.

Explanation:

It is apparent that there are #12# ways in which the post of President can be filled. Once President's post is filled, there are #11# ways to fill the post of Vice President and then #10# ways to fill the post of Secretary,

Hence a total of #12*11*10# or #1320# ways or outcomes.

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