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athletes are running a race. A gold medal is to be given to the winner, a silver medal is to be given to the second-place finisher, and a bronze medal is to be given to the third-place finisher. Assume that there are no ties. In how many possible ways can the medals be distributed?

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Using the permutation formula, there are 157,410 ways for the medals to be distributed.

What is the permutation formula?

The number of possible permutations of x elements from a set of n elements is given by:

[tex]P_{(n,x)} = \frac{n!}{(n-x)!}[/tex]

In this problem, 3 athletes are chosen from a set of 55, hence the number of ways is given by:

P(55,3) = 55!/52! = 157,410

157,410 ways for the medals to be distributed.

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