How many unique ways are there to arrange the letters in the word PRIOR ?
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Basic solution:
This is like filling 5 places with 5 no.s so it should be equivalent to 5 ! = 1 2 0
However, it is critical to note that the letter R is repeated twice which means that I R 1 O P R is different to I R 2 O P R which is not what we want.
Since there are 2 R ′ s we will 2 ! 5 ! = 2 1 2 0 = 6 0
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