SOLUTION: 13. A sportswriter makes his pre-season picks for the top ten teams finish. If there are forty teams, how many different lists could there be?

Question 1209577: 13. A sportswriter makes his pre-season picks for the top ten teams finish. If there are forty teams, how many different lists could there be?

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13. A sportswriter makes his pre-season picks for the top ten teams finish.
If there are forty teams, how many different lists could there be?
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40*39*38*37*36*35*34*33*32*31. ANSWER

The product of 10 natural numbers, starting from 40, in descending order.

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