Solution
(a) There are 9 students entering the school district science project:
medals for 1st, 2nd and 3rd
k1 = 1O ways to choose first person to be chosen from the group of 10.
99
k2 = 8 ways for the second person to be chosen from the remaining people(9–1).
k3 = 7 ways for the second person to be chosen from the remaining people(8–1).
then all you need to do is multiply these k1 * k2 * k3.
(b) There are 7 unique names in a bowl. In how many orders can 2 names be chosen:
This is a permutation problem in order
There are 7 names, and the 2 name have to be in same order