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In how many ways can we select a chairperson, vice chairperson, secretary, and treasurer from a group of 12 persons?
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We have 12 people and we need to select 4 people for 4 different positions. This is a permutation problem because the order in which we select the people matters (i.e., the person selected as chairperson is different from the person selected as vice chairperson, Show more…
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