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II. Answer each permutation problem completely. 1. How many distinguishable permutations are possible with all the letters of the word ELLIPSES? 2. If there are 10 people and only 6 chairs are available, in how many ways can they be seated? 3. A teacher wants to assign 4 different tasks to her 4 students. In how many possible ways can she do it?

          II. Answer each permutation problem completely.
1. How many distinguishable permutations are possible with all the letters of the word ELLIPSES?
2. If there are 10 people and only 6 chairs are available, in how many ways can they be seated?
3. A teacher wants to assign 4 different tasks to her 4 students. In how many possible ways can she do it?

II. Answer each permutation problem completely.
1. How many distinguishable permutations are possible with all the letters of the word ELLIPSES?
2. If there are 10 people and only 6 chairs are available, in how many ways can they be seated?
3. A teacher wants to assign 4 different tasks to her 4 students. In how many possible ways can she do it?

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Allan G. Bluman 9th Edition

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To find the number of distinguishable permutations of the word ELLIPSES, we need to consider that there are 8 letters in total, but some of them are repeated. The word ELLIPSES has 3 E's, 2 L's, and 1 each of I, P, and S. To find the number of distinguishable Show more…

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Il. Answer each permutation problem completely if possible with all the letters of the word ELLIPSES? 1. How many distinguishable permutations are available? In how many ways can they be seated? 2. If there are 10 people and only 6 chairs are available, in how many ways can they be seated? 3. A teacher wants to assign 4 different tasks to her 4 students: In how many ways can she do it?