SOLUTION: From 250 lottery tickets that are sold, three tickets are to be selected for first, second, and third prizes. How many possible outcomes are there?

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Question 416531: From 250 lottery tickets that are sold, three tickets are to be selected for first, second, and third prizes. How many possible outcomes are there?


Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are 250 choices for the first slot, 249 choices for the second, and 248 for the third. Multiply these values to get 250*249*248 = 15438000


So there are 15438000 different outcomes.


Note: you can use the permutation formula, but it gets a bit cumbersome (even with a calculator).


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