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      Question

      The number of ways to arrange the letters of the word

      "MISSISSIPPI" is:
      A 34650 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      B 34600 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      C 34680 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      D 34610 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

      Solution

      To find the number of ways to arrange the letters of the word "MISSISSIPPI", we need to consider the repetitions of each letter. The word "MISSISSIPPI" has 11 letters in total. Let's count the occurrences of each letter:

      • M appears 1 time
      • I appears 4 times
      • S appears 4 times
      • P appears 2 times
      The formula for the number of permutations of a set of n objects where there are n1 identical objects of type 1, n2 identical objects of type 2, ..., nKโ€‹ identical objects of type k is given by:

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