Trinity Nails, Alaska Motion, Jinkx Palace, and Eureka Paradise are all hardware stores that compete against each other through everyday low pricing and discounts on bulk purchases. All four stores cater to the needs of highly price-sensitive customers. Thus, together these stores form a .

strategic group

Explanation:

Based on the scenario in the questions, the stores together these stores form a strategic group. A strategic group is when the companies in a particular industry use similar strategies.

As we can see from the question, we are told that Trinity Nails, Alaska Motion, Jinkx Palace, and Eureka Paradise are all hardware stores that compete against each other by using everyday low pricing and discounts on bulk purchases. This shows that the companies use same strategies.

the third answer is correct.

there's 11 people for the 1st position. then, no matter who gets it, there's only 10 left for the second, and then 9 left for the third. 11 x 10 x 9 = 990.   the answer is there are 990 different ways the positions can be filled by these applicants