SOLUTION: sally has 6 red flags, 6 green flags, and 5 white flags. how many 17-flag signals can she run up the flag pole?

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Question 473512: sally has 6 red flags, 6 green flags, and 5 white flags. how many 17-flag signals can she run up the flag pole?
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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sally has 6 red flags, 6 green flags, and 5 white flags. how many 17-flag signals can she run up the flag pole?
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If the greens are all the same and the whites are all the same,
and the reds are all the same, there are 17!/[6!*6!*5!] = 5,717,712
different signals possible.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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