Ten runners are in a race. how many different ways can they finish in 1st, 2nd and 3rd place?

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The order of selection matters, therefore we need to find permutations:
The number of ways is found from 10P3.

$10P3=(10!)/(7!)=10*9*8=720\ ways$

Max Play answered Feb 17, 2017

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