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#884 · Combinatorics · Counting

Permutations of repeated letters

How many distinct arrangements can be formed from the letters of the multiset (i.e., three a’s, two b’s, and four c’s)?

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H. S. Hall & S. R. Knight, Higher Algebra (1891) · Ch. XI. Permutations and Combinations, Examples XI.b, No. 11

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