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Find the total number of ways of selecting five letters from the word INDEPENDENT.

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Solution

word INDEPENDENT has 2Ds,3Es,3Ns and I,P,T
Hence the 5 numbers can be selected as follows:
3 alike ,2 different =(21)×(52)=20
3 alike ,2 other alike=(21)×(21)=4
2 alike ,3 different=(31)×(53)=30
2 alike ,2 other alike and 1 different=(32)×(41)=12
All different =(65)=6
Therefore, total no. of ways of selection =(20+4+30+12+6)=72

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