The UCLA Graduate Student Association can use an instant runoff or a Borda count method (but not both) when there are three or more candidates for office. The current Election Board has up to 16 voters. Suppose three candidates are up for the Office of Official Awesomeness (Hey, give me a break - this is the last question!) Iris (I), Orchid (O), and Violet (V). (a) How many different preferences are possible?

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The UCLA Graduate Student Association can use an instant runoff or a Borda
count method (but not both) when there are three or more candidates for office. The current
Election Board has up to 16 voters. Suppose three candidates are up for the Office of Official
Awesomeness (Hey, give me a break - this is the last question!) Iris (I), Orchid (O), and Violet
(V).
(a) How many different preferences are possible?

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Permutation: In permutations, order matters in a selection of items.

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