document.write( "Question 875373: How many distinct arrangements can be made with the letters in the word CINCINNATI \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #528380 by Edwin McCravy(20056)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "If the like letters of CINCINNATI were subscripted differently, \r\n" ); document.write( "like this:\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "C1I1N1C2I2N2N3ATI3\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "There would be 10! distinguishable permutations.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "If we take the subscripts off the C's, there will be 2! \r\n" ); document.write( "exact duplicates among the 10!\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "So we must divide the 10! by 2! and get\n" ); document.write( " |