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80 athletes are running a race. a gold medal is to be given to the winner, a silver medal is to be given to the second-place finisher, and a bronze medal is to be given to the third-place finisher. assume that there are no ties. in how many possible ways can the 3 medals be distributed?

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Explanation:

order doesn't matter since it is just who gets the medals not what order they get the medals in and pick 3 with no repetitions since no one ties or gets 2 medals at once

80 athletes are running a race. a gold medal is to be given to the winner, a silver-example-1
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