SOLUTION: how many ways could you choose 3 winning groups from 10 if their order does not matter? AND suppose there is a first, second, and a third place, so the order in which you cho

Question 23357: how many ways could you choose 3 winning groups from 10 if their order does not matter?
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suppose there is a first, second, and a third place, so the order in which you choose the winning groups matters. how many ways can you choose 3 groups to win these prizes?
please help me with the equations. thanks.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are 10 different ways to choose the 1st group.
There are 9 different ways to choose the 2nd group.
There are 8 different ways to choose the 3rd group.
There are 10*9*8 = 720 arrangements of the groups.
Cheers,
Stan H.
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