Arrangements of 19 balls in three colours
Question
In how many distinguishable orders can red, blue and green balls be placed in a row, where balls of the same colour are identical?
Short answer
. This is a multinomial count: , dividing out the rearrangements of identical balls within each colour.
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- Counting and Combinatorics
- Sample Spaces, Events, and the Probability Axioms
- Conditional Probability, Total Probability, and Bayes' Rule
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