SOLUTION: How many permutations are in: Entree Arrange Thereafter Mississippi And why is this the case?

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Question 856472: How many permutations are in:
Entree
Arrange
Thereafter
Mississippi
And why is this the case?

Answer by harpazo(655)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I will pick one word only and you do the rest.
Mississippi
The number of total letters! divided by the number of repeated s! letters times the number of repeated i! letters times the number of repeated p! letters.

11!/4!4!2! = 34,650 permutations or ways.

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