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its 7 slots to place 2 identical units.

we want to choose any 2 of 7 slots to be the digit 4. 7C2 = 21
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its 7 slots to place 2 identical units.

we want to choose any 2 of 7 slots to be the digit 4. 7C2 = 21


OA is 21. we use combinations because we have 2 equal numbers to distribute.
otherwise we must consider repetitions: 7P2/2! because we have two four.



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