SOLUTION: List all the possible ways that the word GREAT could be arranged. How many possibilities did you find? Work out this same problem using the formula for permutations that you learne

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Question 549642: List all the possible ways that the word GREAT could be arranged. How many possibilities did you find? Work out this same problem using the formula for permutations that you learned in this lesson. Did you miss any in your original count? Explain why the formula of permutations is helpful for most problems.
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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List all the possible ways that the word GREAT could be arranged.
Ans: there are 5! = 120 ways
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How many possibilities did you find? Work out this same problem using the formula for permutations that you learned in this lesson. Did you miss any in your original count? Explain why the formula of permutations is helpful for most problems.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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