SOLUTION: elven people are entered in a race. if there are no ties, how many ways can the first three places come out? thank you so much! :)

Question 51754: elven people are entered in a race. if there are no ties, how many ways can the first three places come out?
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Answer by venugopalramana(3286) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
elven people are entered in a race. if there are no ties, how many ways can the first three places come out?
first place could be any one of 11
second place could be any one of remaining 10
third place could be any one of remaining 9
number of possibilities = 11*10*9=990
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