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i) 7!/2!i have a question, the paper its from isnt here on xtremepapers, its june 2002 paper 6, q5,
question is: the digits of number 1223678 can be rearraged to give many different 7 digit umbers. find how many 7-digit diferent numbers can be made if
i) there are no restrictions on the order of digits
ii) the digits 1,3,7 are (in any order) are next to each other
iii) these 7 digit numbers are even.
any help?
ii) consider 1 3 and 7 to be in a box and consider that box to be one dash
_ * 7 *6*5*4*3*2*1
number if dashes 8 and inside the box 3!
so 8!*3! /2! because 2 comes twice thats y we divide
iii) that means they wud end at 2,2,6,8
6! *4 /2!