You want to then multiply 5*4*3 to represent the different combinations we can make for each place. This gives us a total of 60 different possible ways that the runners can come in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, assuming no ties.
So slope intercept form is y=mx+b m is the slope and b is the y intercept. The equation of this line would be y=1/4x+2 because the rise over run (slope) is 2/8 or 1/4 and the line intercepts the y axis at 2.
