The number of distinguishable ways the letters of the following word can be arranged 'KNICKKNACK' is 37800.
When the order of the arrangements counts, a permutation is a mathematical technique that establishes the total number of alternative arrangements in a collection. Choosing only a few items from a collection of options in a specific sequence is a common task in arithmetic problems.
The number of different permutations of n objects with m₁ repeated items, m₂ repeated items,...,mₙ repeated items can be computed as
m!/(m₁!)(m₂!)...(mₙ!)
Here, the letter 'KNICKKNACK' is a total of 10 letters with 4 K's, 2 N's, 1 I, 2 C's, and 1 A.
So, the number of possible arrangements is
(10!)/(4!*2!*1!*2!*1!) = (10*9*8*7*6*5*4!)/(4!*2*2) = 10*9*7*6*5*2 = 37800
Therefore the number of distinguishable ways the letters of the following word can be arranged 'KNICKKNACK' is 37800.
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