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Situation:

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Choosing the first, second and third-place winners of an art competition.

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Conclusion:

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Total number of winners for an art competition is \"\", then \"\".

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From the winners choosing first, second and third-place winners, So \"\".

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Combination:

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A selection of objects in which order is not important is called a combination.

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Permutation:

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When the objects are arranged so that order is important and every possible order of the objects is provided, the arrangement is called a permutation.

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Therefore, the situation is combination and permutation because the winners of an art competition does not matters and Choosing the first, second and third-place are arrangemts.

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Combination and Permutation.