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You are making a string of coloured balloons as a decoration for the formal. If you have five green, six gold, and four white balloons, in how many ways can you arrange them along the string?

College Algebra

1st Edition

ISBN:9781938168383

Author:Jay Abramson

Publisher:Jay Abramson

Chapter9: Sequences, Probability And Counting Theory

Section: Chapter Questions

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