Question

umuc stat club must appoint a president. a vice president and a treasurer. There are 8 qualified candidates. How many different ways can the officers be appointed?

Answer 1

The best possible solution for this item is to determine the permutation of 8 taken 3 since there are 3 positions and 8 people are qualified. We will use permutation instead of combination because of the specificity of the positions. That is,
8P3 = 336
Thus, there are 336 ways in which the officers can be selected.