There are 10 students running a race. The fastest three get a gold, silver, or bronze medal. How many different ways can the students win these medals? ...?

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Navya · Answer 1 · 2017-01-09T07:02:35+0000

There are 720 ways.

That's because there are 10 ways for someone to be first, 9 ways for someone to be second after him, and 8 for someone to be third after them, so 10 x 9 x 8 = 720.

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