SOLUTION: The following box contains the
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9 letters shown. The letters are drawn one-by-one without replacement, and the results are recorded in order. Find the probability of th
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Question 1162510: The following box contains the
9
9 letters shown. The letters are drawn one-by-one without replacement, and the results are recorded in order. Find the probability of the outcome
APPELLATE
You can put this solution on YOUR website! There are 9 letters
But, there are 2 A's, 2 E's, 2 L's, and 2 P's:
so the number of unique (distinguishable) outcomes is:
= 22680
Obtaining 'APPELLATE' is just one of those unique outcomes, so