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Grade 12

Continued permutations

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A university has $5$5 flagpoles and $8$8 different flags. In how many ways can the flags be arranged on the $5$5 flagpoles? (Only $1$1 flag per flagpole and order of flagpoles does matter.)

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A board of directors wants to elect a president, secretary and treasurer from its $10$10 members. In how many ways can the election turn out if each member has an equal chance of being elected to a position and each member can only fill one position?

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1min

If there are $26$26 entrants in a particular poker tournament and only the top $3$3 get paid, how many different orderings of the paid places are possible?

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< 1min
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12D.A.2.2

Solve simple problems using techniques for counting permutations and combinations, where all objects are distinct, and express the solutions using standard combinatorial notation

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