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How many 7 scoop combinations can you make from 3 flavours if repeats are allowed?

This is combination with repetition because order does not matter but the same flavour can appear more than once.

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36

3 choose 7 with repeats allowed is 36.

A bowl with vanilla-vanilla-mango-mango-mango-pear-pear is allowed, and rearranging those same scoops does not create a new bowl.

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  1. Inputs: n = 3, r = 7
  2. Formula: C(n + r - 1, r) = (n + r - 1)! / (r!(n-1)!)
  3. Substitute: C(3 + 7 - 1, 7) = (3 + 7 - 1)! / (7!(3-1)!)
  4. Steps: 362,880 / (5,040 x 2)
  5. Result: 3 choose 7 with repeats allowed is 36.

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A bowl with vanilla-vanilla-mango-mango-mango-pear-pear is allowed, and rearranging those same scoops does not create a new bowl.

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