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Exercise 6

Avg difficulty 2.5

To encourage rivalry and gluttony, we're going to give a special certificate to the child who collects the most candy at the end of the night. And while we're at it, we'll give 2nd-place and 3rd-place certificates as well. How many different ways could our 1st-2nd-3rd contest turn out?

Davies, A Cool Brisk Walk Through Discrete Mathematics, Counting, Exercise 6

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