A club consists of four memebers.How many sample points are inthe sample space when three officers; president, secretary andtreasurer, are to be chosen? Solution The club has 4 members there are 4 choices for president, once the president is chosen ,there will be three choices for secretary, once the secretary is chosen, there are two choices for treasurer thereforethere are 4 x 3 x 2 = 24 different arrays for the three positions..

1. A club consists of four memebers.How many sample points are inthe sample space when three
officers; president, secretary andtreasurer, are to be chosen?
Solution
The club has 4 members there are 4 choices for president, once the president is
chosen ,there will be three choices for secretary, once the secretary is chosen, there are two
choices for treasurer thereforethere are 4 x 3 x 2 = 24 different arrays for the three positions.