Q. What is the total number of different 11-letter arrangements that can be formed using the letters in the word MEASUREMENT?Answer:
Determine Letter Frequencies: Determine the frequency of each letter in the word MEASUREMENT.The word MEASUREMENT has 11 letters with the following frequency of each letter:M=2, E=3, A=1, S=1, U=1, R=1, N=1, T=1.
Use Permutations Formula: Use the formula for permutations of a multiset to calculate the number of different arrangements.The formula is:Number of arrangements = n1!×n2!×…×nk!n!where n is the total number of letters, and n1, n2, …, nk are the frequencies of each distinct letter.For MEASUREMENT, this becomes:Number of arrangements = 2!×3!×1!×1!×1!×1!×1!×1!11!
Calculate Factorials: Calculate the factorial of each number.11!=11×10×9×8×7×6×5×4×3×2×12!=2×13!=3×2×1Since the factorials of 1 are all 1, we can ignore them in the calculation.
Simplify Factorial Expressions: Simplify the factorial expressions.11!=399168002!=23!=6
Calculate Number of Arrangements: Substitute the factorial values into the formula and calculate the number of arrangements.Number of arrangements = (2×6)39916800Number of arrangements = 1239916800Number of arrangements = 3326400
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