SOLUTION: Heather is putting 11 colored light bulbs into a string of lights. There are 5 blue light bulbs, 3 green light bulbs, and 3 red light bulbs. How many distinct orders of light bulbs
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Question 1168886: Heather is putting 11 colored light bulbs into a string of lights. There are 5 blue light bulbs, 3 green light bulbs, and 3 red light bulbs. How many distinct orders of light bulbs are there if two light bulbs of the same color are considered identical (not distinct)?
Answer by ikleyn(52778) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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= = 9240. ANSWER
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