document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=327091>Question 327091</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> All of the arrangements of the letters in the word ALGEBRA are written on<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a list, and one of the arrangements is selected at random. What is the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "probability that the selected arrangement contains a double-A? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Now, we have something like AALEGBR.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since AA is one letter, this can be arranged in 6!=720 ways.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There are 7!/2 arrangements of the word ALGEBRA.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, the probability is 720/2520=2/7 </SPAN>\n" );
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