SOLUTION: How many different ways can the letters in candycane be rearranged? Answer: 9!/2!2!2!=45360 Heres my question how many of the arrangements start with C?

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Question 729213: How many different ways can the letters in candycane be rearranged?
Answer:
9!/2!2!2!=45360
Heres my question how many of the arrangements start with C?

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You have C locked in the first slot, so there are 8 letters and 8 slots left

So you have 8!/2!2! = 10,080 different arrangements that start with C