SOLUTION: A wall is to be painted one color with a stripe of a different color running through the middle. If 7 different colors are available, how many color combinations are possible?

Question 1083957: A wall is to be painted one color with a stripe of a different color running through the middle. If 7 different colors are available, how many color combinations are possible?
Answer by ikleyn(52834) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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7*6 combinations.

7 colors for the wall and 6 remaining colors for the strip; in all, 7*6 = 42 combinations.

Or, in other words, 7 colors for the strip and 6 remaining colors for the wall will give the same 42 = 7*6 combinations.

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