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A student club has 20 members. How many ways can a club choose a president, secretary, treasurer?

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There are 6,840 different combinations of people for president, secretary, and treasurer, assuming that each person may have a single job at a time.

Start with 20 candidates for president.
That leaves 19 people for secretary.
And there are 18 people remaining for treasurer.

20 • 19 • 18 = 6,840
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