Combinatorics and Graph Theory · Problem 1.5.1

Fundamentals — David Guichard

Mathematics — Combinatorics · multisets-combinations

Problem

Suppose a box contains 18 balls numbered 1–6, three balls with each number. When 4 balls are drawn without replacement, how many outcomes are possible? Do this in two ways: assuming that the order in which the balls are drawn matters, and then assuming that order does not matter.

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