document.write( "Question 1072407: how many distinct permutations can be formed from all the letters of the word SUCCESS
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document.write( "The word SUCCESS is a 7-letter word.  The answer would be 7! \r\n" );
document.write( "for a 7-letter word like PAINTER, for you can tell all those \r\n" );
document.write( "letters apart.  But in SUCCESS, the 3 S's cannot be told apart,\r\n" );
document.write( "nor can the 2 C's.  So we must divide 7! by the number of ways \r\n" );
document.write( "the 3 S's could be arranged in each permutation, which is 3!, \r\n" );
document.write( "as well as divided by the number of ways the two C's could be \r\n" );
document.write( "arranged, which is 2!.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer:   = 420 ways\r\n" );
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