document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1173851>Question 1173851</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Three color pens in red, yellow, and blue are given now. In filling 3 boxes in Figure II with<BR>\n" );
document.write( "different color pens with these color pens, how many different patterns can be formed? (Each box<BR>\n" );
document.write( "can only be filled with one color)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "can you help me with this? thank you so much </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #799371 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><B>ikleyn(52866)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ikleyn><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=799371\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> .\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I do not see these 3 boxes in Figure II,  and do not see the Figure itself, \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and do not understand how these boxes are related to color pens.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And what is the logical and/or physical connection between these entities ?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And what are these patterns the post is talking about ?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let me explain you that normal/regular TRUE Math problem is a piece of art,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "made with GREAT RESPECT to the reader, in such a way THAT \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "everything is clear after the very first reading.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Everything else is not a Math problem, at all.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And in this post I do not see any respect to a reader.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What I see is a collection of words without any logical connections between them.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Which makes me very sad . . . \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ". . . . . . . . . . . . . \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is a form of politeness accepted among mathematicians:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to write shortly, &nbsp;clearly and &nbsp;accurately.\r<BR>\n" );
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