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Two red bottles 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. 3
B. 5
C. 6
D. 10
E. 12

This is a permutation with indistinguishable items problem.

Since there are a total of 5 bottles, 2 of them are indistinguishable red bottles, and 3 are indistinguishable blue bottles, we can arrange the bottles in 5!/(2! x 3!) = (5 x 4 x 3 x 2)/(2 x 3 x 2) = 5 x 2 = 10 ways.

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Two red bottles 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. 3
B. 5
C. 6
D. 10
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The total number of arrangements assuming five distinct variables is 5!; though, there are two red bottles or 2! and there are three red bottles 3!

5!/3!x2!

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