SOLUTION: How many ways can you arrange the letters in the word SMILE if the first letter must be an M? Repetition of letters is not allowed, since we only have these 5 letters to arrange.

Question 84122: How many ways can you arrange the letters in the word SMILE if the first letter must be an M? Repetition of letters is not allowed, since we only have these 5 letters to arrange.

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
How many ways can you arrange the letters in the word SMILE if the first letter must be an M? Repetition of letters is not allowed, since we only have these 5 letters to arrange.
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One way to choose the 1st letter.
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4! = 24 ways to arrange the last four letters.
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Total arrangements = 1*24 = 24
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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