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[Post New]21 Jul 2008 13:40:15 IST
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[Post New]21 Jul 2008 14:46:14 IST
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mississippi have 11 alphabets




repeating alphabets__________


s________4 times


i________ 4 times


p________2 times


                                   { m is only one}


 


therefore, number of required permutations=
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[Post New]22 Jul 2008 11:05:58 IST
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It has 4 i, 4 s, 2 p, 1 m.

possible no. of words = 11! / (4!x4!x2!)
Bipin Kumar Dubey
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