SOLUTION: Find the number of 4-letter code words that can be formed from the letters of the word "advance". 1.using neither a. 2.both a's

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Question 825292: Find the number of 4-letter code words that can be formed from the letters of the word "advance".
1.using neither a.
2.both a's
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find the number of 4-letter code words that can be formed from the letters of the word "advance".
1.using neither a.
Then we place four letters only from the set {d,v,n,c,e}

Answer:  P(5,4) = 5×4×3×2 = 120

2.both a's
We choose the two positions {1st,2nd,3rd,4th} for the two a's 
That's C(4,2) ways.
We place the other two letters P(5,2) ways.

Answer: C(4,2)P(5,2) = 6×20 = 120

Edwin
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