There are 19 figure skaters in the olympic women's competition, including 3 americans. the gold medal goes to first place, silver to second, and bronze to third.

suppose that the olympics powers-that-be decide that exactly one american must win a medal (no more and no less). now how many ways are there to award the medals?

There are three different choices for the American.

There are 16 different choices for the first non-American and 15 different choices for the other non-American.

So, there are 3 x 16 x 15 different groups.

But, order is important -- who gets the gold, who gets the silver, and who gets the bronze -- there are 6 different ways to arrange the 3 winners (3! = 6).

Thus, there are 6 x 3 x 16 x 15 different results.

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