SOLUTION: What is the total number of permutation of letters"BREEDER"?

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Question 1088957: What is the total number of permutation of letters"BREEDER"?
Answer by ikleyn(52776) About Me  (Show Source):
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What is the total number of highlight%28cross%28permutation%29%29 permutations of letters"BREEDER"?
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The total number of permutations of letters of the word "BREEDER" is 7!= 5040.

But if you want to ask on how many distinguishable words can be formed using these letters,

then it is TOTALLY DIFFERENT question, and it has TOTALLY DIFFERENT answer


    7%21%2F%282%21%2A3%21%29 = 420.


2! in the denominator stands to account for 2 repeating "R"   and
3! in the denominator stands to account for 3 repeating "E".