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I'mhavingalotoftroubleansweringtheserealworldproblemsabout
permutation.Cananyonehelp?11.Partwaythroughyourcollegecareer,you
discoverthatyouhaveaccumulatedeighttrophiesforvariousexploits.
Naturally,youwanttoputthosetrophiesonyourtrophyshelftoimpressyour
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15.Howmany3letterwordscanbemadeusingonlycapitallettersifthe
sameletterneverappearstwiceinarow?Forexample,BOBissuchaword,
butBOOisnot.
P.S.Youwerereallyhelpfulwiththeothers,thankssomuch!I'mnotvery
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BestAnswer:11.)Thereare8trophiestoorder,whichcanbedonein8!=
40320ways.
12.)First,youhave3groupstoorder,whichcanbedonein3!=6ways.
Next,eachgroupmustthenbeorderedthe3pingpongtrophiescanbe
orderedin3!=6ways,the3volleyballtrophiesin3!=6waysandthe
2mathtrophiesin2!=2ways.
Thetotalnumberofwaysororderingthetrophiessothatalltrophiesof
thesametypearetogetheristhus6*6*6*2=432ways.

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14.)Sincethereare3+3+2=8trophiesinall,youhave8tochoosefrom
forthefirstpositionontheshelf,then7,then6,5andfinally4tochoose
fromforthe5thposition.Thustherewillbe8*7*6*5*4=6720ways.

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