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Fifty people enter a contest in which three identical prizes will be awarded. In how many different ways can the prizes be awarded to the entrants

Respuesta :

There are 117600 ways for the distribution of the prizes.

According to the statement

We have given that the number of people enter in a contest is 50.

And

Number of prizes given identically is 3.

And we have to find that the by how many ways can be prizes be awarded.

So,

Provided that no one can receive more than one prize,

It means The first prize can be given to any of the 50 people, the second to any of the remaining 49, and the third to the remaining of the 48,

Here we use Permutation

Then the possibilities become is

50*49*48= 117600

So there are above written ways to distribute the prizes.

There are 117600 ways for the distribution of the prizes.

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