Permutation or Combination?

A team of 8 basketball players needs to choose a captain and co-captain.

• Permutation

• Combination

Rob and Mary are planning trips to nine countries this year. There are 13 countries they would like to visit. They are deciding which countries to skip.

• Permutation

• Combination

The batting order for seven players on a 12 person team.

• Permutation

• Combination

There are 45 applicants for three Computer Programmer positions

• Permutation

• Combination

Castel and Joe are planning trips to three countries this year. There are 7 countries they would like to visit. One trip will be one week long, another two days, and the other two weeks.

• Permutation

• Combination

You are setting the combination on a three-digit lock. You want to use the numbers 123 but don't care what order they are in.

• Permutation

• Combination

A team of 17 softball players needs to choose three players to refill the water cooler

• Permutation

• Combination

The student body of 10 students wants to elect a president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer

• Permutation

• Combination

There are 15 applicants for four jobs: Computer Programmer, Software Tester, Manager, and Systems Engineer.

• Permutation

• Combination

There are 110 people at a meeting. They each shake hands with everyone else. How many handshakes were there? (SO MUCH COVID PASSING)

• Permutation

• Combination