If the like letters of CINCINNATI were subscripted differently, like this: C1I1N1C2I2N2N3ATI3 There would be 10! distinguishable permutations. If we take the subscripts off the C's, there will be 2! exact duplicates among the 10! So we must divide the 10! by 2! and getdistinguishable permutations of CI1N1CI2N2N3ATI3 If we take the subscripts off the I's, there will be 3! exact duplicates among the So we must divide the by 3! and get distinguishable permutations of CIN1CIN2N3ATI If we take the subscripts off the N's, there will be 3! exact duplicates among the So we must divide the by 3! and get distinguishable permutations of CINCINNATI Answer: = = = 50400. Edwin