Question 1203274: (a) In how many different ways can the letters in the word
ARRANGEMENTS be arranged?
(b) Find the number of ways the arrangement begins with the letters EE.
Found 2 solutions by math_helper, ikleyn:
Answer by math_helper(2461)   (Show Source):
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a) There are 12 letters, and if these were all unique, there would be 12! unique ways to arrange them. However, we must divide out the duplicate (non-distinct) arrangements. For this, we note there are 2 A's, 2 R's, 2 N's, and 2 E's, each of which contributes 2! non-distinct arrangements:
Number of unique arrangements =  = 29937600
Part (b) can be done similarly. Since the arrangements begin with EE, that effectively leaves 10 letters to arrange, and you'll need to remove duplicates in a similar way as in part (a). It is as if the E's are removed and you repeat part (a) without the E's.
Hint: the answer will be 10! / (something)
Answer by ikleyn(52879)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
To tutor @math_helper
Dear tutor @math_helper
If you open your post with < pre >,
then you should CLOSE the post with the symbols < / pre >, for accuracy.
In addition to accuracy, it makes an influence at the appearance of your post.
Suddenly, you will discover that the appearance becomes to be manageable (!), in a way as you expect it (!!)
Best regards
@ikleyn
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