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Nov 2010 p61 q6
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Pegs are to be placed in the four holes shown, one in each hole. The pegs come in different colours and pegs of the same colour are identical. Calculate how many different arrangements of coloured pegs in the four holes can be made using
6 pegs, all of different colours,
4 pegs consisting of 2 blue pegs, 1 orange peg and 1 yellow peg.
Solution
(i) To find the number of different arrangements of 6 pegs, all of different colours, in 4 holes, we use permutations. The number of ways to choose 4 pegs from 6 is given by the permutation formula:
(ii) For 4 pegs consisting of 2 blue pegs, 1 orange peg, and 1 yellow peg, we need to account for the repetition of the blue pegs. The formula for permutations of multiset is: