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Any of the 40 cars can finish first

Any of the 39 cars can finish second

Any of the 38 cars can finish third

40 x 39 x 38 = 59,280

Answer - There are 59,280 ways the top 3 cars can finish the race.

The number of ways that the top three cars can finish the race will be 59280 ways.

This is a question relating to permutations and combinations. Based on the information given in the question, the calculation will be solved thus:

= 40!/(40 - 3)!

= 40!/37!

= 40 × 39 × 48

= 59280

Therefore, the number of ways that the top three cars can finish the race will be 59280 ways.

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