Question

Help please!

How may permutations of the word “spell” are there? There are ________ways.

Answer 1

lol hi again!

Answer 2

how many letters are there?

Answer 3

that is not a hard question, just count them, then we can go from there

Answer 4

5

Answer 5

ok good
so if all the letters were different (they are not) then the answer would be \[5!=5\times 4\times 3\times 2\]

Answer 6

but you have two letters that are the same, namely the "l"

Answer 7

so in this case it is
\[\frac{5!}{2}=5\times 4\times 3\](the 2's cancel)

Answer 8

which the answer is??

Answer 9

whatever you get when you multiply

Answer 10

i got 60 correct?

Answer 11

i got 60 too?

Answer 12

60

Answer 13

i swear its 60

Answer 14

i know it is

Answer 15

lol yeah \[\huge\color{red}{60}\]

Answer 16

misty right? <3

Answer 17

Thanks Misty you're awesome

Answer 18

your a hero

Answer 19

lol