document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=31613>Question 31613</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Fourteen people are entered in a race. If there are no ties, in how many ways can the first two places come out?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(A) 364<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(B) 182<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(C) 28<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(D) 214\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #18266 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Cintchr><B>Cintchr(481)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Cintchr><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=18266\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> When working this type of problem it is a type of Factorial.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Like 5!=5*4*3*2*1=120<BR>\n" );
document.write( "BUT ... in this case you are not looking at all COMBOS only the first two places ....<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So if there are 14 people ....<BR>\n" );
document.write( "14*13=182 </SPAN>\n" );
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