seven horses are entered in a race. If two horses are tied for first place, and there are no ties among the other five horses, in how many ways can the seven horses cross the finish line?

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seven horses are entered in a race. If two horses are tied for first​ place, and there are no ties among the other five ​horses, in how many ways can the seven horses cross the finish​ line?

Reed · Answer

I doubt any tutors here majored in "mason". Sorry.

Steve · Answer

There are 7C2 = 21 ways to pick the 1st two horses, leaving 5 to arrange in the other places. So, there are 21 * 5! ways to finish the race.

sarah · Answer

horses are entered in a race. If two horses are tied for first​ place, and there are no ties among the other five ​horses, in how many ways can the seven horses cross the finish​ line?

seven horses are entered in a race. If two horses are tied for first​ place, and there are no ties among the other five ​horses, in how many ways can the seven horses cross the finish​ line?

seven horses are entered in a race. If two horses are tied for first place, and there are no ties among the other five horses, in how many ways can the seven horses cross the finish line?