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If 8 runners made it to the finals of the 100-meter dash, how many ways can they be rewarded the gold, silver, and bronze medals?

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Given: 8 runners

To Determine: number of ways the runners would be rewarded

Solution

Using the multiplication principle


\begin{gathered} \hat{x}=8*7*6 \\ \hat{x}=336 \end{gathered}

Hence, the number of ways they can be rewarded is god, silver and bronze is 336

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