Problem 2: In the recently concluded Miss Universe beauty pageant, Miss Mexico was crowned the pageant's winner. Her flag consists of three vertical stripes (first stripe Green; second white, and third red).
Suppose that the following colors are available: black, yellow, red, blue, white, gold, orange, pink, purple. How many different striped flags of 3 colors can be made without repetition of colors in the flag?
What kind of permutation is illustrated in the problem? Permutations of objects taken at a time. Total number of permutations of objects. Circular permutations. Distinguishable permutations.