document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=39219>Question 39219</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this:  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Six hundred people are competing in a triathalon.  there is a $1000 prize for first and a $500 prize for second.  How many different first-second place finishes are possible?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I know the answer is 359,400, but i don't know how to solve it. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #24645 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Nate><B>Nate(3500)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Nate><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=24645\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If the person who got first place could not get second as well:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C(600,2) = (600!)/((598!)(2!)) = 179,700<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the person who got first place could get second as well:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(600,2) = (600!)/(598!) = 359,400 </SPAN>\n" );
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