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If there are 8 girls entered in a race, how many different ways can the runners place first, second,

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If there are 8 girls entered in a race, how many different ways can the runners place first, second, and third?

We want 8 choose 3, or 8C3.

Type 8C3 into the search engine, and we get 56 different ways to place first, second, and third.
 
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