A manager of a road construction company must send one engineer to each of three different job sites to meet with government inspectors. There are 8 engineers available. How many different ways can the manager send one engineer to each of the job sites? (Assume that sending a particular engineer to job site 1 is different than sending the same engineer to either job site 2 or 3.)
A) 336
B) 6720
C) 56
D) 6

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The manager can choose an engineer for the first job site in 8 ways, for the second job site in 7 ways (since one engineer is already assigned), and for the third job site in 6 ways. Therefore, the total number of ways is 8 * 7 * 6 = 336.

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