SOLUTION: How many different arrangements of the letters a, b, c, d, e, f, end with a? How many different arrangements end with a and with f?
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Question 577886: How many different arrangements of the letters a, b, c, d, e, f, end with a? How many different arrangements end with a and with f?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are 5! = 5*4*3*2*1 = 120 different arrangements that end with 'a'.
The same applies to f. There are 120 different arrangements that end with f.
Also, there are 4! = 4*3*2*1 = 24 arrangements that end with af
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