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How many different rearrangements are there of the letters in the word BUBBLE?

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3 if you arrange the B’s
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6!/3! = 720/6 = 120

There are 6! arrangements but the 3 B’s are interchangeable without any discernible change in the arrangement therefore wed divide 6! by 3!.

There are 120 unique arrangements of the letters in the word bubble.

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