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The number of words that can be formed by using the letters of the word 'MATHEMATICS' that start as well as end with T is





Solution

Letters and frequencies: 
$M=2,\ A=2,\ T=2,\ H=1,\ E=1,\ I=1,\ C=1,\ S=1$ (total $11$ letters) 
Condition: Starts with T and ends with T 
Fix $T$ at first and last position. 
Remaining letters = $9$ letters: $M=2,\ A=2,\ H=1,\ E=1,\ I=1,\ C=1,\ S=1$ 
Number of distinct arrangements of these $9$ letters: 
Using division method $\displaystyle \frac{9!}{2!,2!}$ 
Final answer: ${\frac{9!}{2!,2!} = 90720}$


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