Question

Find the number of arrangements of the letters of the word INDEPENDENCE. In how many of these arrangements do the word starts with p​

Answer 1

Answer:

In the word INDEPENDENCE there are 12 letters, of which N appears 3 times, E appears 4 times, D appears 2 times and the rest all are different. When the words start with P, then there are 11 letters to be filled in 11 spaces. Therefore the total number of ways is 11!