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Question 1193828: There are two red, three black, and five white balls. If any two balls of the same color are indistinguishable, how many distinct patterns can be made by lining them up from left to right? Found 2 solutions by Edwin McCravy, ikleyn:Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055) (Show Source):
If all 10 balls were distinguishable, the answer would be 10!.
But since they're not we must divide that by all the factorials
of the numbers of indistinguishable balls of each color.
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