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A group of 16 people is choosing a chairperson and vice-chairperson. They put all 16 people's names into a hat. The first name drawn becomes chair. The second name drawn becomes vice-chair. How many possible combinations of chair and vice-chair are there?

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Answer: 240 combinations

Step-by-step explanation: So basically because you can have a possibility of 16 people being chairperson and 15 vice chairpersons, so all you have to do is multiple 16x15 which is 240.

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