SOLUTION: Provided an adequate supply of flags in each of seven colors, how many ways are there to arrange a 5-flag set?

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Question 1175671: Provided an adequate supply of flags in each of seven colors, how many ways are there to arrange a 5-flag set?
Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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    7%5E5 = 16807,  if repetition of colors is allowed,


and/or


    7*6*5*4*3 = 2520,  if repetition of colors is NOT allowed.