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One red bottle and three blue bottles are to be arranged in a straight line from left to right on a windowsill. How many different unique arrangements are possible?

A. 12
B. 6
C. 4
D. 3
E. 1
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One red bottle and three blue bottles are to be arranged in a straight 02 Jan 2017, 10:32
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4!/3!
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So the answer should be C
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One red bottle and three blue bottles are to be arranged in a straight 21 May 2017, 12:38
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It is 4.

It like arranging rbbb =\(\frac{4!}{3!}\)=4
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Since there are 4 slot and only one color is unique that is red so we can place at 4 different places
c is the option
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One red bottle and three blue bottles are to be arranged in a straight 24 Aug 2017, 10:19
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Let the blue bottles be denoted by B and the red bottle be denoted by R

There are 4 combinations possible
BBBR
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RBBB (Option C)
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Can someone explain this in terms of permutations?

I thought this is a permutations question where order matters. And the formula for permutations is Total!/Exclude!

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Can someone explain this in terms of permutations?

I thought this is a permutations question where order matters. And the formula for permutations is Total!/Exclude!

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Hi tittoo,

This is a question of arrangement, where n items need to be arranged and c items are similar

The general formula for this is \(\frac{n!}{c!}\)

Hope that helps!
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One red bottle and three blue bottles are to be arranged in a straight line from left to right on a windowsill. How many different unique arrangements are possible?

A. 12
B. 6
C. 4
D. 3
E. 1

This is a permutation with indistinguishable items problem.

Since there are a total of 4 bottles, in which 3 of them are indistinguishable blue bottles, we can arrange the bottles in 4!/(3!) = 4 ways.

Answer: C
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