Question

There are 30 separate candidates for three vice president positions at a university. Assuming all 30 candidates are qualified to be selected for any one of the three VP positions, how many ways can the positions be filled?

Answer 1

As there is no ordering in between the 3 VP post.So from 30 separate candidates 3 vice president can be chosen in ways.i.e 30!/(3! ×27!) = 4060 ( Ans)