SOLUTION: If 50 people enter a drawing where the first name drawn gets a $1000 gift card, the second gets $500 gift card, and the third gets a $100 gift card, find the number of possible out

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Question 437429: If 50 people enter a drawing where the first name drawn gets a $1000 gift card, the second gets $500 gift card, and the third gets a $100 gift card, find the number of possible outcomes.
Answer by edjones(8007) About Me  (Show Source):
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nPr=Permutation of n things taken r at a time=n!/(n-r)!
=50!/47!=50*49*48=117,600 possible outcomes.
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Ed