The king has 14 different colored flags that he uses to send coded messages to his general inn the field. For example blue-green-red might mean attack at dawn and red-green-blue- may mean retreat. He sends by arranging 3 of the flag atop the castle wall. How many coded messages can the king send?

364 messages

Step-by-step explanation:

The king uses 14 flags in all and arranged 3 at a time to send a code to his general. The number of coded messages that can be sent by the king can be determined by;

Total number of colored flags = 14

Number of flags arranged per time = 3

So that,

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The number of coded messages that can be sent by the king is 364.