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Question 1208924: In how many different ways can 3 identical green shirts and 3 identical red shirts be distributed among 6 children such that each child receives a shirt?
6 children, choose 3 to get green shirts C(6,3) = = 20
ways. Then the other 3 automatically get the 3 red shirts.
Answer: "6 choose 3" = 20 ways.
Edwin
