SOLUTION: In an exacta wager at the race track, a bettor picks the two horses that he or she
thinks will finish first and second in a specified order. For a race with 12 entrants,
determi
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Question 1161947: In an exacta wager at the race track, a bettor picks the two horses that he or she
thinks will finish first and second in a specified order. For a race with 12 entrants,
determine the number of possible exacta wagers.
Answer by greenestamps(13203) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
12 choices for the first place horse; then 11 choices for the second place horse.
By the fundamental counting principle, the number of possible wagers is 12*11 = 132.
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