document.write( "Question 857643: A computer is programmed to print the 26 letters of the alphabet in
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document.write( "26 letters of the alphabet in random order. 26! total ways of arranging
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document.write( "(a) What is the probability that the word BLUE appears somewhere in the sequence of letters?
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document.write( "Consider 'BLUE' as one letter, so to speak. P = 22!/26! = 1/358,800
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document.write( "(b) What is the probability that the letters B,L, U, and E (i.e. the words
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document.write( "BLUE or LBUE or ELBU, etc) appear in a row somewhere in the sequence of letters?
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document.write( "24 (4P4) ways of arranging Letters B, L, U, E:  P = 24(22!/26!)
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