2. You have 9 letters consisting of one T, four E's, two N's and two S's....

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2. You have 9 letters consisting of one T, four Es, two Ns and two Ss. If the letters are randomly arranged in order, what is the probability that the arrangement spells the word Tennessee?

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Given word is Tennessee in that there are 9 letters are arranged , the total possible ways is 9!

which consists of one T is 1! , four E's is 4! , two N's is 2! , two S's is 2!

=> The probability that the arrangement spelling the word Tennessee is (1!*4!*2!*2!)/9!

=> (1*24*2*2)/362880

=> 96/362880

=> 0.0003

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