document.write( "Question 947762: Find the number of different signals concocting of 11 flags that can be made using 4 red flags, 4 white flags and 3 blue flags \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "It's the same as the number of distinguishable arrangements of RRRRWWWWBBB.\r\n" );
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document.write( "That would be 11! if we could tell the R's apart, the W's apart, and the \r\n" );
document.write( "B's apart.  But since we can't, we must reduce the 11! by dividing it by\r\n" );
document.write( "the factorials of 4, 4, and 3.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer  = 11550 signals.\r\n" );
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