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How many words (with or without meaning) of three distinct letters of english alphabet are there?

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We know that there are 26 distinct letters.So, the first place can be filled by any one of these letter.Number of ways of filling first place = 26Now, second place can be filled by any one of the remaining 25 letters.Numer of ways of filling second place = 25Now, third place can be filled by any one of the remaining 24 letters.Numer of ways of filling third place = 24So, required number of words with three distinct letters = 26 × 25 × 24 = 15600

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