document.write( "Question 796259: How many distinct arrangements can be made with the letters in the word SATELLITE?\r
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document.write( "If we could tell the difference between the the two T's,\r\n" );
document.write( "the two E's and the two L's, the answer would be 9!.\r\n" );
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document.write( "But we must divide 9! by 2! three times because the 9!\r\n" );
document.write( "counts the permutations as though the pairs of letters were \r\n" );
document.write( "distinguishable.  So we must divide by 2!2!2!\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer:  =  = = 45360\r\n" );
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