In each of the following scenarios, tell whether permutations (ordered) or combinations (unordered) are being described. Explain your answer. (3 pts.)

a. A president, vice-president, and secretary are chosen from a 25-member garden club.
b. A cook chooses 5 potatoes from a bag of 12 potatoes to make a potato salad.
c. A teacher makes a seating chart for 22 students in a classroom of 30 desks.

Question

In each of the following scenarios, tell whether permutations (ordered) or combinations (unordered) are being described. Explain your answer. (3 pts.)

a. 	A president, vice-president, and secretary are chosen from a 25-member garden club.
b. 	A cook chooses 5 potatoes from a bag of 12 potatoes to make a potato salad.
c. 	A teacher makes a seating chart for 22 students in a classroom of 30 desks.

anonymous · Answer

a. permutation
b. combinations
c. combinations

those are my guesses

amistre64 · Answer

A. order matters since its important to know who holds what

B. order doesnt matter since a potato is a potato is a potato

C. order doesnt matter since each desk is the same as the other

anonymous · Answer

thats the great geuss since 
permutation is about order

amistre64 · Answer

seating chart "might" matter, but i cant tell; i dont like it when they mix math and english

anonymous · Answer

yeah, it sounds good to me @REMAINDER. and yeah, i don't like math at all @amistre64

anonymous · Answer

ur answer r correct

anonymous · Answer

aight, thanks, moving on then! i have sooooooo much work to do today