Investigating the Relationship Between the Number or Letters in a Word and the Number of Arrangements of the Letters There Are
Introduction
The aim of these investigations is to explore and find a relationship
between the number of letters in a word and the number of arrangements
of the letters there are.
1. LUCY
For these investigations, I have decided to use numbers instead of
letters because it will be easier to work out all of the arrangements
if I can do them in numerical order. I have numbered the letters:
L = 1
U = 2
C = 3
Y = 4
I have started by writing out all the combinations beginning with 1
(L) and then 2 (U), 3(C) and so on
1234 = LUCY 3124 =
CLUY
1243 = LUYC 3142 =
CLYU
1324 = LCUY 3214 =
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