document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=379058>Question 379058</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> is there 362880 distinguishable of the letters in the word TEXTBOOKS? explain. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "# of permutations = 9!/[2!*2!] = 362880/4 = 90720 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ans. to the question is NO.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Why? Because the TT and the OO are indistinguishable letters so they<BR>\n" );
document.write( "do not add to the numbers of distinct arrangements.<BR>\n" );
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