Question 1193831
in a race between 7 horses how many ways can the first 3 horses show?
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Show means coming in 3rd
For the 1st 3 horses, it can be one of the 3, unless there's a tie.
So there are 3 ways.
This is true for 7 horses, or for 777 horses.
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Chances are, that's not what the problem was meant to be.
Another case of people writing math problems who don't know what they are doing.