Worked solution
Arrange STATISTICS without distinguishing repeated copies
In how many ways can the letters of the word STATISTICS be arranged?
CJC · Lecture · Example 6
Count the letters by type
There are 10 letters:3 S,3 T,2 I,1 A and 1 C. Treating all copies as distinct would give 10! arrangements, but it would overcount swaps among the 3 S copies,3 T copies and 2 I copies.
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Divide out the indistinguishable swaps
The number of distinct arrangements is . Factors 1! for A and C do not change the value. This is the Teacher-completed count.
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Common mistakes
Divide by a factorial for each repeated letter type, not just by the number of repeated letters.