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Five red marbles, four white marbles and three blue marbles of the same shape and size are placed in a row .Find the total number of possible arrangements.

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Solution :5 red , 4 white and 3 blue marbles of the same SIZE and shape are PLACED in a row.
`:.` The total number of marbles is 12 out of which 5 are of ONE kind, 4 are of 2nd kind and 3 are of 3rd kind.
`:.`The total number of possible ARRANGEMENTS
`=(12!)/(5!4!3!)=(12*11*10*9*8*7*6)/(4*3*2*3*2)
`=12*11*10*3*7=27720`


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