2022 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 14
Problem
In how many ways can the letters in be rearranged so that two or more
s do not appear together?
Solution
All valid arrangements of the letters must be of the form
The problem is equivalent to counting the arrangements of
and
into the four blanks, in which there are
ways.
~MRENTHUSIASM
See Also
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