How can I figure out how many anagrams of oranwawoods contain at least two consecutive o’s? Because

Patatiniuh

Patatiniuh

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2022-07-07

How can I figure out how many anagrams of oranwawoods contain at least two consecutive o’s?
Because we can let two o's be x, and there are 9 letters left, and in the rest of 9 letters, we have 2a and 2w, so number of anagrams is:
9 ! 2 ! × 2 ! .

Answer & Explanation

Tamia Padilla

Tamia Padilla

Beginner2022-07-08Added 16 answers

Step 1
Correct answer is 10 ! 2 ! × 2 ! 9 ! 2 ! × 2 ! .
The 1st term reflects that when 2 of the 3 o's are fused to together into 1 unit, the 11 letters have been converted into 10 units to permute.
Step 2
The 2nd term is an over counting adjustment term, that reflects that there are 3 o's, rather than 2. That is, consider the sequence where the first 3 characters are all o's. This is counted twice, once when the fused pair is in positions 1 2 and once when the fused pair is in positions 2 3.
So, you have to deduct the number of words formed by 3 consecutive o's.

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