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In how many ways can one arrange on a bookshelf 8 thick books, 5 medium/par sized books and 8 thin books so that the books of the same size remain together?

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sumit payasi  (9 years ago)

8!*8!*5!*3!

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Dharmendra Awasthi  (9 years ago)

there 3 types of books can be arrange in !3 ways
and books in each set can be arrange
as !8,!8,!5 so the net arrangements will be
!3*!5*!8*!8

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Deven  (9 years ago)

3!=6 ways

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Taniya  (9 years ago)

2) In how many ways can one arrange on a bookshelf 5 thick books, 4 mediumpar sized books and 3 thin books so that the books of the same size remain together?
A)5! 4! 3! 3! = 103,680
B)5! 4! 3! = 17,280
C) (5! 4! 3!) x 3 = 51,840
D) 5 x 4 x 3 x 3 =180
E) 2 12 x 3 =12,288
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Abhishek Mishra  (9 years ago)

8!*5!*8!*3!

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shubham jain  (9 years ago)

8!*8!*5!*3!

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