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Find the Total Number of Permutations of the Letters of the Word 'Institute'.

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Find the total number of permutations of the letters of the word 'INSTITUTE'.

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Solution

The word 'INSTITUTE' consists of 9 letters including two Is and three Ts.
Total number of words that can be formed of the word INSTITUTE = Number of arrangements of 9 things of which 2 are similar to the first kind and 3 are similar to the second kind =\[\frac{9!}{2!3!}\]

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R.D. Sharma Mathematics [English] Class 11
Chapter 16 Permutations
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