Question

A corporation must appoint a president, chief executive officer, chief operating officer and chief financial officer. It also appoint a planning committee with four different members. There are 12 qualified candidates, and officers can also serene on the committee

Answer 1

Answer:

Part a: The number of ways in which the candidates can be appointed on the executive posts are 11880.

Part b: The number of ways in which the candidates can be appointed as members of the planning committee are 495.

Step-by-step explanation:

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Part a: Number of ways in which 12 candidates can be appointed for President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Finance Officer.

Number of Candidates=12

Number of Posts=4

As the order is important the number of ways are identified using Permutations given as

$Number\,\ of\, ways=^{12}P_4\\Number\,\ of\, ways=\frac{12!}{(12-4)!}\\Number\,\ of\, ways=\frac{12!}{8!}\\Number\,\ of\, ways=11880$

So the number of ways in which the candidates can be appointed on the executive posts are 11880.

Part b: Number of ways in which 12 candidates can be appointed as members of the planning committee.

Number of Candidates=12

Number of Posts=4

As the order is not important the number of ways are identified using Combinations given as

$Number\,\ of\, ways=^{12}C_4\\Number\,\ of\, ways=\frac{12!}{(12-4)!4!}\\Number\,\ of\, ways=\frac{12!}{8!4!}\\Number\,\ of\, ways=495$

So the number of ways in which the candidates can be appointed as members of the planning committee are 495.