SOLUTION: A business has seven locations to choose from and wishes to rank only the top three locations. how many different ways can be done?

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Question 731759: A business has seven locations to choose from and wishes to rank only the top three locations. how many different ways can be done?
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A business has seven locations to choose from and wishes to rank only the top three locations.
how many different ways can be done?
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In 7*6*5 = 210 different ways.

You take a product of 3 sequential integer numbers, starting from 7 in descending order.


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