Question

How many 5-letter words can be made using exactly 5 of the letters from

TEXAS and MEXICO? Letters may only be used as many times as they appear. (For
example, XETEX is allowed. However, MATEA is not allowed, since the A appears twice
in MATEA but only once in the given words.)

Answer 1

Explanation:

for TEXAS using permutation formula

we have:5!/1!1!1!1!1!=5!=120

for MEXICO using permutation formula

we have:6!/1!1!1!1!1!1!=6!=720