Given there are 30 cars in a race.
To find in how many ways can cars finish in the top 3 positions.
To find permutations:
[tex]\begin{gathered} ^{30}P_3=\frac{30!}{(30-3)!} \\ =24360 \end{gathered}[/tex]Therefore, there are 24360 ways in which cars can finish in the top 3 positions.
