SOLUTION: Suppose a designer has a palette of 10 colors to work with, and wants to design a flag with 4 vertical stripes, all of different colors. How many possible flags can be created?

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Question 1200329: Suppose a designer has a palette of 10 colors to work with, and wants to design a flag with 4 vertical stripes, all of different colors.
How many possible flags can be created?
Answer by ikleyn(52835)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Suppose a designer has a palette of 10 colors to work with, and wants to design
a flag with 4 vertical stripes, all of different colors.
How many possible flags can be created?
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10*9*8*7 = 5040,  if the order is important,  or


 =  = 210,  if the order is not important.

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