Question

Eight students are competing for a blue, red, and yellow ribbon for their agriculture project. How many different ways are there to present those ribbons if the order matters?

Answer 1

336

Explanation:

Answer 2

If the order matters, then we are dealing with permutation. There are 8 students and three colors. This gives us the expression

₈P₃

which is equal to 336.

Therefore, there are 336 different ways.