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How Many Distinct Ways Can You Rearrange the Letters in BANANA?
How many distinct arrangements are there of the letters in the word "BANANA"?
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What is the answer to the BANANA letters riddle?
There are exactly 60 distinct ways to rearrange the letters in BANANA.
How do you calculate the permutations of BANANA?
BANANA has 6 letters with repeats: A appears 3 times and N twice. So you compute 6! / (3! x 2!) = 720 / 12 = 60.
Why isn't the answer 720?
720 is 6!, which counts every position as unique. Because the three A's and two N's are identical, you divide out the repeats, leaving 60 distinct arrangements.