document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1193831>Question 1193831</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> in a race between 7 horses how many ways can the first 3 horses show? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Show means coming in 3rd<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For the 1st 3 horses, it can be one of the 3, unless there's a tie.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So there are 3 ways.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is true for 7 horses, or for 777 horses.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Chances are, that's not what the problem was meant to be.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Another case of people writing math problems who don't know what they are doing. </SPAN>\n" );
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