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timofeeve [1]
3 years ago
5

A group of 25 people are going to run a race. The top 8 finishers advance to the finals. Determine the number of possible outcom

es.
Mathematics
2 answers:
satela [25.4K]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

n[total]=25

n[top finishers]=8

the number of possible outcome

=\frac{25 \times 24 \times 23 \times 22 \times 21 \times 20 \times 19 \times 18}{8 \times 7 \times 6 \times 5 \times 4 \times 3 \times 2 \times 1}  = 1081575outcomes

Ostrovityanka [42]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

\large\boxed{ \boxed{\rm   1081575  \: outcomes}}

Step-by-step explanation:

to determine the number of possible outcomes we can consider <u>Combination</u><u> </u>given by

\displaystyle  \binom{n}{r}  =  \frac{n!}{r!(n - r)!}

where:

  • n is the total number of objects in the set
  • r is the number of choosing objects from the set

so let n and r be 25 and 8 respectively thus

substitute:

\displaystyle  \binom{25}{8}  =  \frac{25!}{8!(25- 8)!}

simplify parentheses:

\displaystyle  \binom{25}{8}  =  \frac{25!}{8! \times 17!}

rewrite numeratorr:

\rm \displaystyle  \binom{25}{8}  =  \frac{25 \times 24 \times 23 \times 22 \times 21 \times 20 \times 19 \times 18 \times 17!}{8! \times 17!}

reduce fraction:

\rm \displaystyle  \binom{25}{8}  =  \frac{25 \times 24 \times 23 \times 22 \times 21 \times 20 \times 19 \times 18 }{8! }

simplify numerator and denominator:

\rm \displaystyle  \binom{25}{8}  =  \frac{43609104000}{40320 }

simplify division:

\rm \displaystyle  \binom{25}{8}  =  1081575

hence,

the number of outcomes is <u>1</u><u>0</u><u>8</u><u>1</u><u>5</u><u>7</u><u>5</u>

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