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Question 1030167: There are three identical red flags, two identical blue flags, and five identical green flags. How many different patterns are possible if the flags are displayed vertically on a flagpole?
---I believe the answer is 30 or 300. Please correct me if I'm wrong (which I think I am) and also explain how you get the correct answer. Thank you!
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here are three identical red flags, two identical blue flags, and five identical green flags. How many different patterns are possible if the flags are displayed vertically on a flagpole?
---I believe the answer is 30 or 300. Please correct me if I'm wrong (which I think I am) and also explain how you get the correct answer. Thank you!
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That's like asking the number of arrangemens of aaabbccccc
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Ans: 10!/[3!*2!*5!] = 2520
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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