SOLUTION: Please Help!!!!!!!! Fifty people purchase raffle tickets. Three winners are selected random. If the first prize is $1,000, the second prize is $500, and the third is $100, in

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Question 408869: Please Help!!!!!!!!

Fifty people purchase raffle tickets. Three winners are selected random. If the first prize is $1,000, the second prize is $500, and the third is $100, in how many ways can the prizes be awarded?

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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Fifty people purchase raffle tickets. Three winners are selected random. If the first prize is $1,000, the second prize is $500, and the third is $100, in how many ways can the prizes be awarded?
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Pick 3 people: 50C3 ways
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Award the prizes: 3! = 6 ways
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Total # of ways (50C3)*6 = 19600*6 = 117600 ways
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Cheers,
Stan H.