Example 7: There are 4 red cards, 3 blue cards, 2 yellow cards, and 1 white card. Cards of the same color are indistinguishable. Questions:
(1) How many ways are there to arrange these 10 cards in a row from left to right?
(2) How many ways are there to arrange the cards so that the first 3 cards from the left are of the same color?
(1) $\frac{10!}{4!\times 3!\times 2!\times 1!}=12600$ ways.
(2) For the left 3 cards being red, there are
$$
\frac{7!}{1!\times 3!\times 2!\times 1!}=420 \text { (ways); }
$$

For the left 3 cards being blue, there are
$$
\frac{7!}{4!\times 2!\times 1!}=105 \text { (ways). }
$$

Thus, there are $420+105=525$ ways in total.