Question

In how many distinguishable ways can the letters of the word ILLINOIS
be ordered?

Answer 1

7

Explanation:

Since the two L’s must be consecutive, we consider them to be a single letter LL. Then the word ILLINOIS has n = 7 letters: 3 I’s, 1 LL, 1 N, 1 O and 1 S. Hence the numbers of ways to permute letters of the word ILLINOIS if the two L’s must be consecutive is: 7!

Answer 2

3360 ways

Explanation:

ABCDEFGH-- there are 8! ways to organize these letters

since the I is repeated 3 times and the L is repeated 2 times we have to divide by (3!*2!)

`(8!)/(2!3!)`=3360

3360