Question 1165576: The "Pick 3" at horse racetracks requires that a person select the winning horse for three consecutive races. If the first race has ten entries, the second race seven entries, and the third race eleven entries, how many different possible tickets might be purchased?
Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source):
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The "Pick 3" at horse racetracks requires that a person select the winning horse for three consecutive races.
If the first race has ten entries, the second race seven entries, and the third race eleven entries,
how many different possible tickets might be purchased?
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10*7*11 = 770 different outcomes are possible;
so, 770 different tickets might be purchased: one for each possible outcome.
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