Chapter 8: Problem 57
Solve by the method of your choice. In a race in which six automobiles are entered and there are no ties, in how many ways can the first four finishers come in?
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Chapter 8: Problem 57
Solve by the method of your choice. In a race in which six automobiles are entered and there are no ties, in how many ways can the first four finishers come in?
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Exercises \(67-72\) are based on the following jokes about books: \(\cdot\) "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx \(\cdot\) "I recently bought a book of free verse. For \(\$ 12\)." \- George Carlin \(\cdot\) "If a word in the dictionary was misspelled, how would we know?" - Steven Wright \(\cdot\) "Encyclopedia is a Latin term. It means 'to paraphrase a term paper." - Greg Ray \(\cdot\) "A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking." - Jerry Seinfeld \(\cdot\) "I honestly believe there is absolutely nothing like going to bed with a good book. Or a friend who's read one." \(-\)Phyllis Diller In how many ways can these six jokes be ranked from best to worst?
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