document.write( "Question 1118815: You are watching the mile race at your nephew's high school track meet. In this conference they award 3 medals for each race - Gold, Silver, Bronze. There are 10 people in the race. How many ways can they award the Gold, Silver, Bronze medals? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "    You can choose the first winner by 10 ways;\r\n" );
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document.write( "    then you can choose the second winner by 9 ways among remaining 9 people.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    Finally, you can choose the third winner by 8 ways anong remaining 8 people.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    It gives you the final answer  10*9*8 ways.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    It is a STANDARD way to solve such problems.\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "Comment from student: So, is that the answer ; or do you supposed to multiply 10*9*8 which equals to “720”? Thanks.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "My response: Hey, I assume that after receiving the formula from me you are able to calculate the number.\r
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