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document.write( "ILLINOIS is an 8-letter word.  If you could tell the 2 L's apart and the 3 I's\r\n" );
document.write( "apart, the answer would be 8!, but since you can't tell the 2 L's apart, you need to\r\n" );
document.write( "divide by the number of ways to arrange them, which is 2!.  Also since you can't\r\n" );
document.write( "tell the 3 I's apart, you need to divide by the number of ways to arrange them,\r\n" );
document.write( "which is 3!.\r\n" );
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