SOLUTION: Can you exlplain solution for this problem: In how many ways can you select nine marbles from a bag of twelve, where three are red, three blue, three white, and three green?

Question 629091: Can you exlplain solution for this problem: In how many ways can you select nine marbles from a bag of twelve, where three are red, three blue, three white, and three green?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In how many ways can you select nine marbles from a bag of twelve, where three are red, three blue, three white, and three green?
----
It doesn't matter what their color is.
Ans: 12C9 = 12C3 = (12*11*10)/(1*2*3) = 220
=============
Cheers,
Stan H.
===========
RELATED QUESTIONS
A bag contains 9 red marbles and 5 yellow marbles. You are asked to draw 3 marbles from... (answered by Boreal)

A bag of marbles contains seven purple, six gold and five white marbles. You select... (answered by ikleyn)

A bag contains 5 red marbles and 4 yellow marbles. You are asked to draw 3 marbles from... (answered by rfadrogane)

A bag contains 5 red marbles and 8 yellow marbles. You are asked to draw 3 marbles from... (answered by Fombitz)

In how many ways can you select three books to read from a shelf of ten... (answered by jim_thompson5910)

in how many ways can you select two people from a group of 9 people? (answered by ewatrrr)

a bag contains 3 red marbles, 2 white marbles, and 2 blue marbles. In how many ways can a (answered by Edwin McCravy)

from nine friends, in how many ways can a man select a dinner party of 5... (answered by Boreal)

You have a bag of marbles. There are twice as many blue marbles as red marbles. There... (answered by edjones)