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How many ways can the letters in the word dinosaur be arranged

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Answer: 40,320

Explanation:

Word = D-I-N-O-S-A-U-R

Looking at the word dinosaur, all alphabets which make up the word are distinct, that is, there is no repetition. no letters in the word appears more than once.

The number of possible arrangement is calculated by ;

(Total number of the alphabet which makes up the word)!

Number of words in dinosaur = 8

Number of arrangements = 8!

8! = (8 × 7 × 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1) = 40,320

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