"If you were planting 10 flowers in a row and 5 of them were red, 3 of them were yellow, and 2 of them were purple, in how many different looking arrangements could the 10 flowers be arranged?"

Dear fournier,

There are ten positions in the row you are planting. Imagine that you decide where to plant the red flowers first, and that flowers are not distinguished by any other features. Then there are C(10, 5) different placements possible for these five flowers, where C(n,k) = n! / [k! (n - k)!] (known as the binomial coefficient, which is the number of ways that exactly k items can be chosen from a set of n items). This leaves five positions for the other flowers. If you decide where to plant the yellow flowers next, then there are C(10 – 5, 3) = C(5, 3) different placements for these flowers, given the positions of the red flowers. The remaining purple flowers go into the last two positions, so there is only one placement left for them, given the positions of the red and yellow flowers. (You can express this mathematically as C(10 – 5 – 3, 2) = C(2, 2) = 1.) If you multiply together these ways of placing each color of flower, then you obtain the total number of different-looking arrangements:

C(10, 5) C(10 – 5, 3) C(10 – 5 – 3, 2)
= C(10, 5) C(5, 3) C(2, 2)
= (10! / [5! (10 - 5)!]) (5! / [3! (5 - 3)!]) (2! / [2! (2 - 2)!])
= (10! / [5! 5!]) (5! / [3! 2!]) (2! / [2! 0!])
= 10! / (5! 3! 2!)
= (10)(9)(8)(7)(6) / [(3)(2)(2)]
= (10)(9)(4)(7)
= 2520.

Notice that there is no requirement that you decide to start by placing the red flowers. For instance, if you begin with the yellow flowers, then the purple, and finally the red, the total number of different-looking arrangements is the same:

C(10, 3) C(10 – 3, 2) C(10 – 3 – 2, 5)
= C(10, 3) C(7, 2) C(5, 5)
= (10! / [3! 7!]) (7! / [2! 5!]) (5! / [5! 0!])
= 10! / (3! 2! 5!)
= 2520.

Note: I am ordering them from a bulk store with a good reputation for there flowers, not a florist. So, there won’t be any florist to hold on to them before the wedding.
Note: I was planning on using waterproof floral tape in a grid pattern to keep the flowers seperate. Should I use foam(or marbles) too?

Yes – you can arrange them together. two days ahead is ok. make the arrangement light and airy. Remove most of leaves, add ferns and baby’s breath for a really spectacular touch. It would help if you were to put clear marbles in the bottoms of the vases so you can control the arrangement by placing each individual stem into the arrangments instead of having all flowers clumped together. If you are using vases that are not clear, then use florist sponge to arrange the flowers. Keep the heavier flowers toward the center and then lighten up as you move to the edges. How you arrange will determine how it looks. Again – keep flowers light and airy in the arrangement. Have a wonderful wedding. People are going to be looking at you – not the flowers.

I don’t really know how to go about it! There aren’t any classes I could attend near me so I am going to have to do it on my own!

On the show they learn deportment, etiquette, elocution as well as cookery and flower arranging. Plus they dress nicely in sweet suits and twinsets and pearls.

What are the skills of a lady or how should a lady act and speak?

They also have classes on hair and make up and they look so pretty but modest after their make overs!

http://www.itv.com/Lifestyle/LadetteToLady/default.html

Ok………..

I’ve seen the show. You can do it, but you’ll need to read a variety of books and do as much research as you can. There are even finishing schools still around, but they’re expensive. There were a million more ladies about in the 50’s. The concept of a lady and her privelages etc. is built around Judeo/Christian morality. For that reason, these videos might help, even if you don’t believe. You need to find out what you can rightly expect from a Gentleman and not sell yourself short. There is an awful lot you will need to learn, persist with it, it’s worth it !

http://www.youtube.com/user/reviveourhearts

Read books written by ladies in the past that were not feminists. Ladies have always looked down on feminists, good luck ! Remember, no one looks down on a lady, no one, especially not feminists, but you will need to learn to handle men like a lady.

1. "Can you tell me why you have been so sad? He took a lover on a far away beach. While you arranged flowers and chose color schemes"

2. "These days are slipping away, but the memories won’t fade. So wait for tomorrow, ’cause our time is right now."

3. "I don’t know how to speak for anyone but myself, you see, darling, there’s nothing that I can say that will save you anyway."

Those are the only lyrics I know to those songs. can any help me please?

1. Death of an Interior Decorator- Death Cab For Cutie
2.Artist vs. Poet- To Hell with the Letdown
3.I don’t want to lose you-A rocket to the moon