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Question 1160676: A home improvement store has the following house numbers: 335666 left after a sale. How many different six-digit house numbers can be made from those numbers?
Answer by ikleyn(52914) About Me  (Show Source):
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As the condition says, the store has two digits { 3 ";  one digit  " 5 ", and 3 digits  " 6 ".


So, in all there are 6 digits at the store;

of them, digit  3  has the multiplicity of 2;

         digit  5  has the multiplicity of 1;

    and  digit  6  has the multiplicity of 3.


The number of all possible different six-digit arrangements of these digits is


    6%21%2F%282%21%2A3%21%29 = %286%2A5%2A4%2A3%2A2%2A1%29%2F%282%2A3%29 = 120.


In the formula, 6! is the number of all possible permutations of 6 different digits;

the factors in the denominator account for repeating arrangements, that occur due to presence of indistinguishable digits.

Solved.

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