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How many permutations are there of the letter in the word baseball?

Answer 1

Anthony Arnold

For this problem, take into account the number of duplicate letters ...

number of b's #=2# number of a's #=2# number of s's #=1# number of e's #=1# number of l's #=2#

total number of letters #=8#

number of permutations #=(8!)/(2!xx2!xx1!xx1!xx2!)=5","040#

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Answer 2

Hunter Aldridge

The word "baseball" has 8 letters. However, the letter "a" appears twice. So, the number of permutations is ( \frac{8!}{2!} = 20,160 ).

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