document.write( "Question 1204022: A mutual fund has 12 stocks in its portfolio. On a given day 2 stocks move up, 8 stay the same and 2 move down. In how many ways could this happen?
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document.write( "From 12 stocks, you can select 2 to the category \"move up\" by  = 66 different ways.\r\n" );
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document.write( "From remaining 10 stocks, you can select 10 to the category \"stay the same\" by  = 66 different ways.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The last 2 stocks are automatically in the category \"move down\" just without any choice (= 1 choice).\r\n" );
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document.write( "The answer to the problem's question is this produce 66*66*1 = 4356.\r\n" );
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