Q. 3
There are 3 blue balls, 4 red balls and 5 green balls. In how many ways can they are arranged in a row?
Answer :
To find: no of ways in which the balls can be arranged in a row where some balls are of the same kind
Total number of balls = 3+4+5 = 12
3 are of 1 kind, 4 are of another kind, 5 are of the third kind
Number of ways = 
They can be arranged in 27720 ways
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