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The student council advisor needs to appoint two council members to be officers: one president and one vice-president. Student council consists of six members. How many possible ways are there for the advisor to fill the offices?

Answer 1

Josiah Allen

There are 6 ways to fill the first position. Next, there are 5 ways to fill the vice-president position. In total ...

number of ways for the advisor to fill the offices #=6xx5=30#

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Answer 2

Nora Amin

There are 30 possible ways for the advisor to fill the offices.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.