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Originally Posted by Velvet
A music festival award gives awards for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in each category. If there are 7 contestants for piano and 9 for violin, in how many different ways could the 6 awards be presented?
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There are a total of 6 awards, assuming per your problem statement the awards can be presented in any order, then the answer is 6! (6 factorial) or 720. This is the number of ways 6 distinct things can be orderd.