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  • 22-11-2018
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if there are 8 girls entered in a race how many different ways can the runners place first second and third

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mendietajose513
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  • 22-11-2018

There are 336 different ways that the 8 runners can place in first, second, and third. I used 8 and 3 as my permutations.

[tex]\frac{8!}{(8-3)!} = \frac{8!}{5!} = \frac{8*7*6*5!}{5!} =8*7*6=336[/tex]

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