document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=120952>Question 120952</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> So that zip codes may be machine readable, the postal service encodes them as a group five bars, some tall, some short, in groups osf five.  In how many distinct ways can two tall and three short bars be arranged? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "# of ways to place the 2 short = 5C2 = 5*4/1*2 = 10 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Once the 2 short are placed the three long can be placed in only one way.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ans: 10 ways<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Comment: That would be the digits 0 to 9<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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