SOLUTION: Heather is putting 11 colored light bulbs into a string of lights. There are 5 blue light bulbs, 3 green light bulbs, and 3 red light bulbs. How many distinct orders of light bulbs

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Question 1168886: Heather is putting 11 colored light bulbs into a string of lights. There are 5 blue light bulbs, 3 green light bulbs, and 3 red light bulbs. How many distinct orders of light bulbs are there if two light bulbs of the same color are considered identical (not distinct)?
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11%21%2F%285%21%2A3%21%2A3%21%29 = %2811%2A10%2A9%2A8%2A7%2A6%29%2F%286%2A6%29 = 9240.    ANSWER

Solved.

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