2 Responses to “How many different ways can a set of poker chips be arranged and what probability rule applies to it?”

1. kb says:

   September 1, 2009 at 10:29 pm

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   This is a permutation with repetition question (like arranging the letters in “MISSISSIPPI”). To prevent over-counting, we divide by factorials over all repeated colors. This yields

   (8+4+5)! / (8! 4! 5!) = 17! / (8! 4! 5!) ways.
2. Jesse T. says:

   September 1, 2009 at 10:32 pm

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