There are 7 factorial, or 5,040 permutations of the letters of ALGEBRA. However, only 2,520 of them are distinguishable because of the duplicate A's.
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There are 7 factorial, or 5,040 permutations of the letters of OCTOBER. However, only 2,520 of them are distinguishable because of the duplicate O's.
The word "algrebra" has 8 letters, with the letter 'a' appearing twice and 'r' appearing twice. To find the number of distinguishable permutations, we use the formula for permutations of multiset: ( \frac{n!}{n_1! \times n_2!} ), where ( n ) is the total number of letters and ( n_1, n_2 ) are the frequencies of the repeating letters. Thus, the number of distinguishable permutations is ( \frac{8!}{2! \times 2!} = 10080 ). Since all letters are counted in this formula, there are no indistinguishable permutations in this context.
The word "rectangle" consists of 9 letters, with the letter 'e' appearing twice and all other letters being unique. To find the number of distinguishable permutations, we use the formula for permutations of a multiset: (\frac{n!}{n_1! \cdot n_2! \cdots n_k!}), where (n) is the total number of letters and (n_i) are the frequencies of the distinct letters. Thus, the number of distinguishable permutations is (\frac{9!}{2!} = \frac{362880}{2} = 181440).
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The word mathematics has 11 letters; 2 are m, a, t. The number of distinguishable permutations is 11!/(2!2!2!) = 39916800/8 = 4989600.
There are 7 factorial, or 5,040 permutations of the letters of OCTOBER. However, only 2,520 of them are distinguishable because of the duplicate O's.
The word "algrebra" has 8 letters, with the letter 'a' appearing twice and 'r' appearing twice. To find the number of distinguishable permutations, we use the formula for permutations of multiset: ( \frac{n!}{n_1! \times n_2!} ), where ( n ) is the total number of letters and ( n_1, n_2 ) are the frequencies of the repeating letters. Thus, the number of distinguishable permutations is ( \frac{8!}{2! \times 2!} = 10080 ). Since all letters are counted in this formula, there are no indistinguishable permutations in this context.
The word "rectangle" consists of 9 letters, with the letter 'e' appearing twice and all other letters being unique. To find the number of distinguishable permutations, we use the formula for permutations of a multiset: (\frac{n!}{n_1! \cdot n_2! \cdots n_k!}), where (n) is the total number of letters and (n_i) are the frequencies of the distinct letters. Thus, the number of distinguishable permutations is (\frac{9!}{2!} = \frac{362880}{2} = 181440).
The distinguishable permutations are the total permutations divided by the product of the factorial of the count of each letter. So: 9!/(2!*2!*1*1*1*1*1) = 362880/4 = 90,720
Distinguishable permutations refer to the arrangements of a set of objects where some objects may be identical. In contrast to regular permutations, which count all arrangements as unique, distinguishable permutations account for identical items by dividing the total permutations by the factorial of the counts of each identical item. This calculation ensures that arrangements that are the same due to identical items are not overcounted. For example, in the word "BANANA," the distinguishable permutations would be calculated to avoid counting the identical "A"s and "N"s multiple times.
The solution is count the number of letters in the word and divide by the number of permutations of the repeated letters; 7!/3! = 840.