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Old 07-21-2008, 05:03 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Question for Goldust:

Purely for statistics purposes, if we were to arrange these possibilities then when do we know to multiply by r! or just r?

for example,
3-2-2 <--- you can only multiply by 3
3-1-3 <--- 3
4-1-2 <--- 3!
5-1-1 <--- 3

I understand why they're different when i write them out. But if i were faced with a more complicated arrangement i might not be able to discern which to multiply...
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