SOLUTION: Eleven people are competing in a sack race. There is a blue ribbon for first, a red ribbon for second, and a white ribbon for third. How many different first-second-third place fin

SOLUTION: Eleven people are competing in a sack race. There is a blue ribbon for first, a red ribbon for second, and a white ribbon for third. How many different first-second-third place fin

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Question 434355: Eleven people are competing in a sack race. There is a blue ribbon for first, a red ribbon for second, and a white ribbon for third. How many different first-second-third place finishes are possible?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
nPr = Arrangement of n things taken r at a time = n!/(n-r)!
11!/(11-3)!
=11*10*9*8!/8!
=11*10*9
=990
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Ed
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