document.write( "Question 616267: My bag has seven marbles in it, The marbles are either red or blue, How many ways can the marbles be ordered?\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #387587 by jim_thompson5910(35256)\"\" \"About 
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It really depends on how many reds and how many blues there are. Say you had 6 reds and 1 blue. Assuming you can't distinguish between two reds or two blues (ie tell them apart), this would mean you would have\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So you would have 7 ways to order this\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "But, if you have 5 reds and 2 blues, then there would be a lot more ways to order the marbles.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So we would need to know how many red and blue marbles there are. \n" ); document.write( "
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