Question 25, 11.3.44pointsPoints: 0 of 1SavePurchase OptionsQuestion listQuestion 24Question 25Question 26Question 27Question 28Solve by the method of your choice.Twenty-eight people purchase raffle tickets. Three winning tickets are selected at random. If first prize is $5000, second prize is $4500, and third prize is $500, in how many different ways can the prizes be awarded?There are □ different ways in which the prizes can be awarded.(Simplify your answer.)
Q. Question 25, 11.3.44pointsPoints: 0 of 1SavePurchase OptionsQuestion listQuestion 24Question 25Question 26Question 27Question 28Solve by the method of your choice.Twenty-eight people purchase raffle tickets. Three winning tickets are selected at random. If first prize is $5000, second prize is $4500, and third prize is $500, in how many different ways can the prizes be awarded?There are □ different ways in which the prizes can be awarded.(Simplify your answer.)
Understand the problem: Understand the problem.We need to determine the number of different ways to award three distinct prizes to twenty-eight people. This is a permutation problem because the order in which the prizes are awarded matters.
Set up the permutation formula: Set up the permutation formula.The number of ways to award the prizes is the number of permutations of 28 people taken 3 at a time, which is denoted as P(28,3).
Calculate the permutation: Calculate the permutation. P(28,3) is calculated as (28−3)!28!, where "!" denotes factorial, the product of all positive integers up to that number.
Perform the calculation: Perform the calculation.28!/(28−3)!=28!/25!=28×27×26×25!/25! (since the factorials cancel out)=28×27×26=19656
Conclude with the final answer: Conclude with the final answer.There are 19656 different ways in which the prizes can be awarded.