Alfred, brandon and charles are the three participants in a race. in how many different ways can the three finish if it's possible for two or more participants to finish in a tie

There are 13 different ways to finish the race

Step-by-step explanation:

To identify the number of different ways to finish the race we should categorized the types of win:

1. Without tie: the ways that are possible in this option are defined by the rule of multiplicación. There are 3 participants and 3 places, there are 3 possibles participant that can occupy the first place, then 2 possibles participants that can occupy the second place and one participant that can occupy the last place.

       3               x          2                x          1                  =   6

first place              second place           third place

So, there are 6 different ways to win without tie.

2. Double tie in the second place: This time there are 3 participant that can occupy the first place and the other participant are going to occupy the second place. So there are only 3 ways in this option, every option is defined by the winner. that's mean: the winner is Alfred, or is Brandon or  is Charles.

3. Double tie in the first place: This option is like option 2, there are only 3 ways because every option is defined by the person that is in the second place. That's mean: the second place is occupy by Alfred, or by Brandon or by Charles.

4. All the participants end in tie: There are just one possibility in this option, all are the winners.

Finally there are 13 ways to end this race, 6 ways without tie, 3 ways with double tie in second place, 3 ways with double tie in first place and 1 way with all the participants in the same place.

a

step-by-step explanation:

when a number is between two straight lines it means the absolute value.

to find absolute value you need to know how many numbers is that number away from 0.

when finding absolute value the number will always come out positive

so absolute value of -3 is 3

absolute value of 3/2 is 3/2

absolute value of -2 is 2

absolute value of 3.5 is 3.5

absolute value of -1 is 1

now put these numbers in order:

a)   |-1|, |3/2|, |-2|, |-3|, |3.5|