Question

Is a total of 13 horses complete in the horse race the bell mistakes and how many different ways can the top 5 position be arranged

Answer 1

Questions involving arrangement is permutation, while questions involving selection is combination.

Since the given question involves arrangement, so the correct option is PERMUTATION.

The number of possible arrangements for the top five finishers from the 13 horses is 13 permutation 5.

`^(13)P_5\text{ = 154,440 ways}`