document.write( "Question 1152336: In how manys ways can 4 pennies, 5 nickels and 3 dimes be distributed among 12 children, if each is to receive one coin.. \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "This is equivalent to asking for the number of different ways the 12 coins can be arranged in a line.

\n" ); document.write( "(Imagine the 12 children in a line. Each different arrangement of the 12 coins in a line represents a different way of distributing the coins to the children.)

\n" ); document.write( "That number, by a well-known counting principle, is

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