SOLUTION: A signal can be formed by running different colored flags up a pole, one above the other. Find the number of different signals consisting of 11 flags that can be made by 4 white fl

Question 1156950: A signal can be formed by running different colored flags up a pole, one above the other. Find the number of different signals consisting of 11 flags that can be made by 4 white flags, 4 redflags, and 3 blue flags.
Answer by ikleyn(52798) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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 = 11550.


The factorials in the denominator serve to account for repeating flags/colors.

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