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In how many ways can you rearrange the letters in the name Cassandra??

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Given:

The name is 'Cassandra:

To Find:

In how many ways that letters can be rearranged?

Step-by-step explanation:

Number of distinct letters in the word 'Cassandra" is 6

Number of times that 'a' repeated is 3

Number of times that 's' repeated is 2


\begin{gathered} \text{Number of ways to rearrange the letters=}(6!)/(2!3!) \\ =(6*5*4*3*2*1)/(2*1*3*2*1) \\ =5*4*3 \\ =60 \end{gathered}

Final Answer:

Number of ways to rearrange the letters

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