Question

There were 10 horses are involved in this year’s preakness stakes. suppose you are betting to correctly pick top three finishers. from this information alone, what would be your odds of winning?

Answer 1

There's a 1 in 10 chance that you get the first place correct. Next, since there are 9 horses left to choose from since the same person or something can't be first and second , there's a 1 in 9 chance for second place and 1/8 for third using that logic. Multiplying them all together, we get a 1/720 chance of guessing all three right