Cancelling an ordered count

Cancelling an ordered count

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Without expanding either factorial completely, evaluate 9!6!. Explain what this expression counts when nine runners compete for gold, silver and bronze and there are no ties.

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Answer:\(504\); ordered allocations of the three different medals.

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