document.write( "Question 1175410: A caterer is arranging a row of desserts. The row will contain 8 platters of cookies, 5 trays of fruit, and 3 pies. In how many distinct ways can the cookies, fruit, and pies, be arranged in a row, if each type of desert is of the same kind? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "16 desserts: 13  cookies and fruit offerings (not exactly the same),\r\n" );
document.write( "3 pies identical. \r\n" );
document.write( "(Similar to distinct ways of arranging letters in a word when 3 of the letters are the same)\r\n" );
document.write( "distinct ways of arranging in a row:  16!/3!\r\n" );
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