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    Dec 11, 2011, 04:44 PM
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    Find the number of distinguishable permutations that can be formed from the letters of the word PHILIPPINES.
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    Dec 12, 2011, 07:22 AM
    Let's work through a simpler version of this, and then you can apply the technique to this problem.

    How many distinct words can be made up from the letter AAABB? The number of ways that five distinct letters can be arranged is 5! But since there are 3 A's that means that there are 3! Duplicates of each arrangement of the A's, so you divide 5! By 3! Similarly since there are 2 B's you must also divide by 2! To eliminate duplicates. So the final solution is 5!/(3!2!) = 10. Spercifically they are:

    AAABB
    AABAB
    ABAAB
    BAAAB
    AABBA
    ABABA
    BAABA
    ABBAA
    BABAA
    BBAAA

    Now, can you apply this same reasoning to your problem?

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