document.write( "Question 910219: find the number of permutations of the word thermometer. thanks! :) \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #552323 by Edwin McCravy(20055)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "In alphabetical order, the letters are\r\n" );
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document.write( "eeehmmorrtt\r\n" );
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document.write( "If you could tell the like letters apart, the answer would be 11!.\r\n" );
document.write( "But there are 3 indistinguishable e's, 2 indistinguishable m's,\r\n" );
document.write( "2 indistinguishable r's and 2 indistinguishable t's. So we must\r\n" );
document.write( "divide that number, 11!, by the product of thr factorials of all \r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer:  \"11%21%2F%283%212%212%21%29\" = 1663200 \r\n" );
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