A department store is hiring for the positions of manager, associate manager, and assistant manager. If 15 people have applied for all the positions and are equally qualified for each position, in how many ways can the positions be filled?

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8 April, 05:40

A department store is hiring for the positions of manager, associate manager, and assistant manager. If 15 people have applied for all the positions and are equally qualified for each position, in how many ways can the positions be filled?

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Emery Riddle · Answer 1

The positions/jobs are different. One person can not take two jobs so the number of total candidates decreases by one for each position ...

Manager = 15 candidates

Associate Manager = 14 candidates

Assistant Manaager = 13 candidates

15 * 14 * 13 = 2730 possible outcomes