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#1 2008-03-31 01:45:11
- chetah
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Discret Math
In how many ways can 11 identical horses on a carousel be painted so that three are brown, three are white, and five are black?
My solution p(11 3), p(11, 3), p(11 5)
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#2 2008-03-31 03:37:02
- John E. Franklin
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Re: Discret Math
If the horses are identical, then will the color make them not identical?
If they stay identical, then 3 brown, 3 white, and 5 black is all the same to me.
So many ways to do it, but it's all the same in the end.
Are they in a circle that is connected going around?
Are they in two rows in a circle?
This is important to me because if they
have positions that are identical in nature or not,
that might lower or raise the answer.
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