Question
Consider three boxes, each containing $10$ balls labelled $1, 2, ….., 10$. Suppose one ball is randomly drawn from each of the boxes. Denote by $n_i$, the label of the ball drawn from the $i^{th}$ box, $(i = 1, 2, 3)$. Then, the number of ways in which the balls can be chosen such that $n_1 < n_2 < n_3$ is: