Question 287737: a freight train is going to carry four tankers, six coal cars, and ten lumber cars. how many different arragements of cars are possible?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! a freight train is going to carry four tankers, six coal cars, and ten lumber cars. how many different arragements of cars are possible?
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This is the same as finding the number of arrangements
of the letters in the word ttttccccccllllllllll
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Ans: 20!/(4!*6!*10!) = 38,798,760 arrangements
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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