BRAZIL 1. Choose the 1st letter any of 6 ways. 2. Choose the 2nd letter any of the 5 remaining ways. That's 6×5 or 30 ways to choose the first 2 letters. 3. Choose the 3rd letter any of the 4 remaining ways. That's 6×5×4 or 120 ways to choose the first 3 letters. 4. Choose the 4th letter any of the 3 remaining ways. That's 6×5×4×3 or 360 ways to choose the first 4 letters. 5. Choose the 5th letter either of the 2 remaining ways. That's 6×5×4×3×2 or 720 ways to choose the first 5 letters. 6. Choose the 6th letter the only 1 remaining way. That's 6×5×4×3×2×1 or 720 ways to choose the 6 letters. That's 6! = 6×5×4×3×2×1 = 720 ways Then there are these two cases: Case 1. Those with AI (A on the left, I next to A on the right) Case 2. Those with IA (I on the left, A next to I on the right) Case 1. There are 5 things to arrange B, R, Z, L and AI 1. Choose the 1st thing any of 5 ways. 2. Choose the 2nd thing any of the 4 remaining ways. That's 5×4 or 20 ways to choose the first 2 things. 3. Choose the 3rd thing any of the 3 remaining ways. That's 5×4×3 or 60 ways to choose the first 3 things. 4. Choose the 4th thing either of the 2 remaining ways. That's 5×4×3×2 or 120 ways to choose the first 4 things. 5. Choose the 5th thing the only 1 remaining way. That's 5×4×3×2×1 or 120 ways to choose the 5 things. That's 5! = 5×4×3×2×1 = 120 ways Case 2. There are 5 things to arrange B, R, Z, L and IA This is the same as case 1, or 120. Total number of ways = 120+120 = 240 ways. Edwin