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How many different 7-letter "words" can be created from the letters in MISSISSIPPI?
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How is it that the permutation of these letters results in a non-integer number of permutations? I understand the division of the numbers, but this seems to contradict what I know about probability/permutations.
Can anyone explain this paradox?
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