Suppose that we record the order of all 100 athletes. (a) How many different outcomes can we have then? (b) How many of these give the same result for the first 10 places? (c) Show that the result above for the number of possible outcomes for the first 10 places can be also obtained using (a) and (b).

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Suppose that we record the order of all 100 athletes.

(a) How many different outcomes can we have then?

(b) How many of these give the same result for the first 10 places?

(c) Show that the result above for the number of possible outcomes for the first 10 places can be also obtained using (a) and (b).

 

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