SOLUTION: The 1500 meter race in the olympics has 8 people how many diffrent ways can the gold silver and bronze metels be awarded?
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Question 581937: The 1500 meter race in the olympics has 8 people how many diffrent ways can the gold silver and bronze metels be awarded?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The 1500 meter race in the olympics has 8 people how many diffrent ways can the gold silver and bronze metels be awarded?
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# of ways to award the gold: 8
# of ways to award the silver: 7
# of ways to award the bronze: 6
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Total # of ways = 8*7*6 = 336
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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