A corporation must appoint a president, chief executive officer, chief operating officer and chief financial officer. It also appoint a planning committee with four different members. There are 12 qualified candidates, and officers can also serene on the committee

Part a: The number of ways in which the candidates can be appointed on the executive posts are 11880.

Part b: The number of ways in which the candidates can be appointed as members of the planning committee are 495.

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Part a: Number of ways in which 12 candidates can be appointed for President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Finance Officer.

Number of Candidates=12

Number of Posts=4

As the order is important the number of ways are identified using Permutations given as

So the number of ways in which the candidates can be appointed on the executive posts are 11880.

Part b: Number of ways in which 12 candidates can be appointed as members of the planning committee.

Number of Candidates=12

Number of Posts=4

As the order is not important the number of ways are identified using Combinations given as

So the number of ways in which the candidates can be appointed as members of the planning committee are 495.