a school district has 2 teaching positions to fill and there are 8 applicants to choose from how many different possibilities are there.

28 ways to fill the 2 positions

Step-by-step explanation:

There are 8 people who can fill the first position and then there are 7 people who can fill the second position (since the first position is filled)

8 * 7 = 56

But order does not matter, so we divide by the number of positions

56/2 = 28