Twenty four girls are trying out for 12 spots on the cheerleading team. if you want to determine how many different groups of 12 girls can be created, would you use a permutations or a combination?

The question is kind of confusing. if it's asking how many variations of answers can you give. then do 4^5 for your answer.this would be something like the first question could be a and the 2nd c or first b next c etc. if you can, ask the teacher for a better confirmation of what it's asking. if i'm assuming correctly what it's asking, it's 625 different variations.

The only number less than 8 that can equal 12 would be 6, 36 is the dividend