SOLUTION: in a car race, there are 6 chev. 4 fords, and 2 pontiacs. How many ways can the twelve cars finish if we consider only the makes of the cars?

Question 322555: in a car race, there are 6 chev. 4 fords, and 2 pontiacs. How many ways can the twelve cars finish if we consider only the makes of the cars?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
in a car race, there are 6 chev. 4 fords, and 2 pontiacs. How many ways can the twelve cars finish if we consider only the makes of the cars?
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# of ways to finish 1st: 3
# of ways to finish 2nd: 2
# of ways to finish 3rd: 1
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Total number of orders: 3*2*! = 3P3 = 6
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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