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 8 flags that can be made if 3 of the

Question 1199291: 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 8 flags that can be made if 3 of the flags are white, 3 are red, and 2 are blue.
Answer by ikleyn(52778) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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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
8 flags that can be made if 3 of the flags are white, 3 are red, and 2 are blue.
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It is the same as to ask how many 8-letter distinguishable words
can be made using 3 letters W, 3 letters R and 2 letters B.


The anwer is   =  = 560.

Solved.

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