Question

Martha, Andre, Erika, Donald, and Jane are running for 12th grade class offices. They will be named to the positions of president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and parliamentarian according to the number of votes each receives. The person with the most votes will be president, the person with the second-highest number of votes will be vice-president, and so on. In how many different ways can the five students form a set of class officers?

Answer 1

$$5!=120$$

The five students can form a set of class officers in 120 ways.