Permutations and Combinations

How many ways can a club select a president, vice president, and a secretary from a group of 5 people?

• 12
• 60
• 15

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Picking a President, Vice-President, and Secretary from a group of 12.

• Permutation
• Combination

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How many ways ways can you arrange the letters in the word math?

• 15
• 4
• 24

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Determine whether the following scenarios are a permutation or a combination:
 
Selecting a lead and an understudy for a school play.

• Combination
• Permutation

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Choosing 3 toppings for your sundae out of a list of 15.

• Permutation
• Combination
• Neither

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In how many ways can 3 different vases be arranged on a tray?
 

• 3
• 9
• 6
• 12

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Sarah plays softball over the summer.  If there are 10 players on the team, how many ways can the coach make a batting order that includes all players?

• 1
• 3628800
• 100
• 1814400

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Permutation, combination, or neither?
The batting order for seven players on a 12 person team.

• combination
• permutation
• neither

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Permutation, combination, or neither?
Rob and Mary are planning trips to 9 countries this year.  There are 13 countries they would like to visit.  They are deciding which countries to skip.

• combination
• permutation
• neither

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Permutation, combination, or neither?
There are 45 applicants for three Computer Programmer job positions.

• combination
• permutation
• neither

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