document.write( "Question 1149532: Of the seven-letter words that can be formed without repetition from the letters of the word INCLUDE
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document.write( "how many have the letters N and D separated by more than two letters? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #770885 by greenestamps(13198)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \n" ); document.write( "I will assume this question is from the same student that asked the number of words when the letters N and D are separated by EXACTLY two letters.... \n" ); document.write( "Then, continuing in the same manner as in my response to that question.... \n" ); document.write( "(1) N and D separated by THREE letters: (3)(2)(120) = 720 \n" ); document.write( "(2) N and D separated by FOUR letters: (2)(2)(120) = 480 \n" ); document.write( "(3) N and D separated by FIVE letters (the maximum): (1)(2)(120) = 240 \n" ); document.write( "ANSWER: 1440 \n" ); document.write( "Notice we can see that this method of counting the numbers of words with different numbers of letters between N and D is valid by finding the numbers of words for ALL the possible distances between N and D and showing that the sum is 7! =5040. \n" ); document.write( "N and D separated by ONE letter: (5)(2)(120) = 1200 \n" ); document.write( "N and D separated by ZERO letters: (6)(2)(120) = 1440 \n" ); document.write( "That, together with the above response for this question and the earlier response for the case with 2 letters between N and D, gives us: \r\n" ); document.write( "0 letters between: 1440\r\n" ); document.write( "1 letter between: 1200\r\n" ); document.write( "2 letters between: 960\r\n" ); document.write( "3 letters between: 720\r\n" ); document.write( "4 letters between: 480\r\n" ); document.write( "5 letters between: 240\r\n" ); document.write( " --------------\r\n" ); document.write( " total 5040 \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |