Question

A club consisting of n members is selecting a President and a Vice President. If these jobs must be held by different people, the number of ways the choice may be made is

Answer 1

Let's first pick a president, in how many ways can you pick a president?

Answer 2

Im not understanding? What do you mean?

Answer 3

how many choices are there for president?

Answer 4

Oh, A) 2n B) n squared C) n squared-2 or D) n squared +2n

Answer 5

& please explain the problem.

Answer 6

what @Thomas9 was pointing out was this... there are n people in the club, so the number of choices for president are n. that leaves n -1 for persons to choose for vice-president.

Answer 7

Ooooh, I see. Thanks alot.

Answer 8

I figured the problem out now :) Thanks.

Answer 9

this is a good link for reference:
http://www.mathsisfun.com/combinatorics/combinations-permutations.html

Answer 10

great, glad to hear that. good luck.