Question 1177886:  In how many ways can you place 4 red balls,3 yellow balls,6 black balls,2 blue balls,and 1 orange ball in a row? 
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In    =     different ways.
Complete calculations on your own.
 
 
Solved, instructed.
 
 
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    - Arranging elements of sets containing indistinguishable elements 
 
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 Answer by math_helper(2461)      (Show Source): 
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This is analogous to the number of distinguishable arrangements of the 16 letters {A,A,A,A,B,B,B,C,C,C,C,C,C,D,D,E}  
 
16!/(4!*3!*6!*2!*1!)  = 100900800 ways.
 
 
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