Question

How many arrangements can be made using 2 letters of the word HYPERBOLAS if no letter is to be used more than once?

Answer 1

Answer:

90 arrangements

Step-by-step explanation:

Since there are no repititions of letters, there are unique  10 letters in total.

THe number of arrangements would be 2 permutation 10. We need the formula for permutation. That is:

$nPr=\frac{n!}{(n-r)!}$

Now, n = 10 [total] and r is 2, so we have:

$nPr=\frac{n!}{(n-r)!}\\\\_{10}P_{2}=\frac{10!}{(10-2)!}\\=\frac{10!}{8!}\\=\frac{10*9*8!}{8!}\\=10*9\\=90$

So, there can be 90 arrangements