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by hardikm » Tue May 31, 2011 10:15 am
A rectangular floor measures 2 by 3 meters, there are 5 white, 5 black and 5 red parquet blocks available. If each block measures 1 by 1 meter, in how many different color patterns can the floor be parqueted.
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by Frankenstein » Tue May 31, 2011 10:27 am
Hi,
there are 6 blocks on the floor. Each block can have either of the three colors. So, number of patterns is 3^6 but this includes patterns which are all 6 white, all 6 black and all 6 red. But, there are only 5 blocks of each color. so, we need to subtract these '3'.
So, number of patterns is 3^6-3 = 726.
Hence, 5
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