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Hi Bunuel

Can you please me why this approach cannot be used.

1st cube can be painted in 3 ways. Same with 2nd and 3rd.

So total 3*3*3 = 27 ways.
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Hi Bunuel

Can you please me why this approach cannot be used.

1st cube can be painted in 3 ways. Same with 2nd and 3rd.

So total 3*3*3 = 27 ways.

We are told that "Order is not considered, for example green,green,blue is considered the same as green blue green)". Among other duplications, your approach will give for example {red, green, blue} as well as {blue, red, green} or {red, green, green} as well as {green, green, red}.
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it would be answered using unordered with replacement rule:
(n+r-1)C r
hence: 5C3=5!/(3!*2!)=10
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RRR, GGG,BBB=3 cases

RGB=1 case

RRG, RRB, GGB, GGR, BBR, BBG=6 cases

Total=10
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