SOLUTION: How many 3-letter words can be formed from the letters in these words. LEGASPI= Can you help me with this? thank you so much

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Question 1173438: How many 3-letter words can be formed from the letters in these words.
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Can you help me with this? thank you so much

Found 2 solutions by Solver92311, ikleyn:
Answer by Solver92311(821) About Me  (Show Source):
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Define "word". Does the list have to consist of actual words that can be found in a dictionary? If so, what language? If it means any possible set of three letters, does that include duplicated letters? Is "LLL" a word?


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Answer by ikleyn(52780) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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You have 7 letters in the given word.


Using them, you can create  7*6*5 = 210 different 3-letter words.    ANSWER



    Placing any of 7 letter in the left-most position;

    then placing any of remaining 6 letters in the next position;

    then placing any of remaining 5 letters in the last position.


Solved and explained.