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Find the number of ways you can arrange (a) all of the letters and (b) 2 of the letters in the given word. (See Example 1.)$$\mathrm{TRY}$$
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The number of ways to arrange all the letters is given by the formula for permutations of n distinct items, which is n!. So, for this word, the number of arrangements is 3! = 3*2*1 = 6. Show more…
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