How many ways are there to award a gold, silver and bronze medal to 10 contending teams?
a. 10x9x8
b.10!/3!7!
c. 10!/3!
d. 360
e. 300
however after plugging into the combinations original formual b looks correct and cannot justify qa.
qa ia a
combinations mgmat 1
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That is the only way of explaining this. I just wish it would explain that the medals had to be ordered in this manner only and it would have cleared up the ambiguity. thanks
imo questions could have been written better
imo questions could have been written better