SOLUTION: Consider the distinguishable arrangement of the 12 letters in FRANKINCENSE.
a) How many arrangements are there in total?
I understand this one, 12!/2!3!, however I cannot ans
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Question 1104018: Consider the distinguishable arrangement of the 12 letters in FRANKINCENSE.
a) How many arrangements are there in total?
I understand this one, 12!/2!3!, however I cannot answer the next part,
b) How many arrangements have all three N's together, and have two E's separated?
I would have guessed the answer is 10! 11c2 as the N;s are grouped together, and there are 11 chose 2 spots for the E's
Thank you :)
Answer by ikleyn(52777) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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All you need to know related to arrangements of sets of objects containing indistinguishable elements, you can find in the lesson
- Arranging elements of sets containing indistinguishable elements
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