Answer:
Before this problem gets an answer, can you define "gotta." Does this work mean isosceles?
Step-by-step explanation:
Since each stapler costs 16.99, the total cost is 16.99*x, with x representing the number of staplers bought. This works due to that he adds 16.99 for every stapler, and multiplying it adds 16.99 each time he buys a new stapler
Answer (13 of the original arrangements are duplicates now, as
AAAF F F FDDDDCC, AAF F F FDDDDCCA, ..., CAAAF F F FDDDDC
are identical): 900900/13 = 69300.