SOLUTION: What is the total number of permutation of letters"BREEDER"?

Question 1088957: What is the total number of permutation of letters"BREEDER"?
Answer by ikleyn(52776) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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What is the total number of permutations of letters"BREEDER"?
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The total number of permutations of letters of the word "BREEDER" is 7!= 5040.

But if you want to ask on how many distinguishable words can be formed using these letters,

then it is TOTALLY DIFFERENT question, and it has TOTALLY DIFFERENT answer


     = 420.


2! in the denominator stands to account for 2 repeating "R"   and
3! in the denominator stands to account for 3 repeating "E".

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