Question

twelve athletes are running a race. a gold medal is to be given to the winner, a silver is to be given to the second place finisher, and a bronze medal is to be given to the third place finisher. assume that there are no ties. in how many possible ways can 3 medals be distributed?

Answer 1

ANSWER: 3 ways

WHY:

Say there was 4 winners that got the silver than the next 4 got the silver medal and then last of the next 4 got the bronze 4+4+4=12 then among each of the ones that went across the finish line first and then the next four and then the next they would be equal among each other.