283.--THE FIFTEEN DOMINOES.

In this case we do not use the complete set of twenty-eight dominoes to

be found in the ordinary box. We dispense with all those dominoes that

have a five or a six on them and limit ourselves to the fifteen that

remain, where the double-four is the highest.

In how many different ways may the fifteen dominoes be arranged in a

straight line in accordance with the simple rule of the game that a

number must always be placed against a similar number--that is, a four

against a four, a blank against a blank, and so on? Left to right and

right to left of the same arrangement are to be counted as two different

ways.

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