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Question 629091: Can you exlplain solution for this problem: In how many ways can you select nine marbles from a bag of twelve, where three are red, three blue, three white, and three green?
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In how many ways can you select nine marbles from a bag of twelve, where three are red, three blue, three white, and three green?
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It doesn't matter what their color is.
Ans: 12C9 = 12C3 = (12*11*10)/(1*2*3) = 220
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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