SOLUTION: A box contains 3 red and 5 black balls; find the total number of ways such that all red balls stay together and all black balls stay together in the row.
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Question 461750: A box contains 3 red and 5 black balls; find the total number of ways such that all red balls stay together and all black balls stay together in the row. Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A box contains 3 red and 5 black balls; find the total number of ways such that all red balls stay together and all black balls stay together in the row.
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If they stay together the 3 red are like one red; the 5 black are
like one black.
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# of ways they can stay together = 2
either black followed by red or red followed by black
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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