Question

A manager receives 8 applications for a specific position. She wants to narrow it down to 5. In how many ways can she rank 5 applications?

Answer 1

Answer:

56 number of ways

Step-by-step explanation:

This question is a combination question since it involves selection.

Generally, if r objects are to be selected from n pool of objects, this can be done in nCr number of ways.

nCr = n!/(n-r)!r!

If a manager receives 8 applications for a specific position and wants to narrow it down to 5, the number of ways he can do this is 8C5

8C5 = 8!/(8-5)!5!

= 8!/3!5!

= 8*7*6*5!/3*2*5!

= 8*7*6/3*2

= 8*7

= 56 number of ways.

This means that the manager can rank 5 applications in 56 number of ways