SOLUTION: find the different arrangement of the word 'ellipse' in which the 2 e's and the 2 l's are to be consecutive?

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Question 964225: find the different arrangement of the word 'ellipse' in which the 2 e's and the 2 l's are to be consecutive?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055) About Me  (Show Source):
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find the different arrangement of the word 'ellipse' in which the 2 e's and the 2
l's are to be consecutive?

The number of permutations of the 5 letter word "elips", is 5! = 120.

That is the answer to the problem because we can take each of those
120 permutations of "elips", replace the e by ee and the l by ll, and
we will have what we want to count.  Here are all 120, (computer generated):

  1. eellips
  2. eellisp
  3. eellpis
  4. eellpsi
  5. eellsip
  6. eellspi
  7. eeillps
  8. eeillsp
  9. eeiplls
 10. eeipsll
 11. eeisllp
 12. eeispll
 13. eepllis
 14. eepllsi
 15. eepills
 16. eepisll
 17. eepslli
 18. eepsill
 19. eesllip
 20. eesllpi
 21. eesillp
 22. eesipll
 23. eesplli
 24. eespill
 25. lleeips
 26. lleeisp
 27. lleepis
 28. lleepsi
 29. lleesip
 30. lleespi
 31. llieeps
 32. llieesp
 33. llipees
 34. llipsee
 35. lliseep
 36. llispee
 37. llpeeis
 38. llpeesi
 39. llpiees
 40. llpisee
 41. llpseei
 42. llpsiee
 43. llseeip
 44. llseepi
 45. llsieep
 46. llsipee
 47. llspeei
 48. llspiee
 49. ieellps
 50. ieellsp
 51. ieeplls
 52. ieepsll
 53. ieesllp
 54. ieespll
 55. illeeps
 56. illeesp
 57. illpees
 58. illpsee
 59. illseep
 60. illspee
 61. ipeells
 62. ipeesll
 63. ipllees
 64. ipllsee
 65. ipseell
 66. ipsllee
 67. iseellp
 68. iseepll
 69. islleep
 70. isllpee
 71. ispeell
 72. ispllee
 73. peellis
 74. peellsi
 75. peeills
 76. peeisll
 77. peeslli
 78. peesill     <--peesill = pee on the sill 
 79. plleeis
 80. plleesi
 81. plliees
 82. pllisee
 83. pllseei
 84. pllsiee
 85. pieells
 86. pieesll
 87. pillees
 88. pillsee    <--pillsee =  A pill I see.
 89. piseell
 90. pisllee
 91. pseelli
 92. pseeill
 93. pslleei
 94. pslliee
 95. psieell
 96. psillee
 97. seellip
 98. seellpi
 99. seeillp
100. seeipll
101. seeplli
102. seepill     <--seepill = I see a pill. :)
103. slleeip
104. slleepi
105. sllieep
106. sllipee
107. sllpeei
108. sllpiee
109. sieellp
110. sieepll
111. silleep
112. sillpee
113. sipeell
114. sipllee
115. speelli
116. speeill
117. splleei
118. splliee
119. spieell
120. spillee <-- spill your drink, you are the spiller and it's the spillee! :)          

Edwin