Something About Brilliant
Number Theory
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The number of distinct ways you can arrange the letters in 'Brilliant' is...
40,360
90,720
None of the above
362,880
126,740
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1 solution
The number of arrangements of the letters of the word Brilliant is as follows:
9 ! stands for the 9 letters we have.
2 ! the two l’s are repeated; similarly, for the two i’s. Then by the second law of permutation, we get 2 ! × 2 ! 9 ! = 9 0 7 2 0