SOLUTION: You are watching the mile race at your nephew's high school track meet. In this conference they award 3 medals for each race - Gold, Silver, Bronze. There are 10 people in the race

Question 1118815: You are watching the mile race at your nephew's high school track meet. In this conference they award 3 medals for each race - Gold, Silver, Bronze. There are 10 people in the race. How many ways can they award the Gold, Silver, Bronze medals?
Answer by ikleyn(52787) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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10*9*8 ways.

    You can choose the first winner by 10 ways;


    then you can choose the second winner by 9 ways among remaining 9 people.


    Finally, you can choose the third winner by 8 ways anong remaining 8 people.


    It gives you the final answer  10*9*8 ways.


    It is a STANDARD way to solve such problems.

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Comment from student: So, is that the answer ; or do you supposed to multiply 10*9*8 which equals to �720�? Thanks.
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My response: Hey, I assume that after receiving the formula from me you are able to calculate the number.

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