Combination Pinwheel

OOPS I FORGOT TO ADD THIS

I made a list of possible colors and this is how it looks so far

Red Oragne YelloW
Red oragne green

red orange blue

red orange indigo

red orange purple

I made this list because i am more of a visual learner but any help would be appreciated

Don't list them all out. That's an unwritten rule for solving a counting math problem. 

For the first segment, you have 7 colors to choose from.

For the second and third segment, you also have 7 choices for both of them. Therefore, there would be 7^3 = 343 ways to color all of them. 

Yikes, if you listed them all out, you would have 343 ways! 

I'm also a visual learner, so here is what I think should help you visualize it.

These are the three spaces -->       _ _ _

_  _  _

R  R  R

O  O  O

Y  Y  Y

G  G  G

B  B  B

I  I  I

P  P  P

These are the seven choices for each space

So lets cut it down to 2 spaces to make it easier

Each choice of the first space has 7 choices for the next space

the same for each number going down the list

R has 7 choices for the next space, O has 7 choices for the next space, and so on

=> This makes 7 + 7 + 7 + 7 + 7 + 7 + 7 = 7 * 7 = 7^2

 So if you repeat this method for 3 spaces, you get 7^3 which equal 343 ways.

Hope this helps! :)

So sorry I forgot to add this part. Combinations count as one if they can be rotated to look like each other. Ex: Red Orange Yellow would be the same as Orange Red Yellow