A baseball team’s roster consists of 25 players with 13 position players and the rest being pitchers. The team’s batting order for a particular game consists of 9 players. The first 8 places in the batting order are taken by position players. The last place is taken by a pitcher. How many batting orders are possible? Use the formula for permutations to find your answer.
A.) 15,444
B.) 2,042,975
C.) 51,891,840
D.) 622,702,080
A.) 15,444
B.) 2,042,975
C.) 51,891,840
D.) 622,702,080