Use permutations and combinations to compute probabilities of compound events and solve problems.
Example Problems
How many unique ways are there to arrange the letters in the word BALLOON?
How many unique ways are there to arrange the letters in the word COMMITTEE?
How many numbers between 1 and 100 (inclusive) are divisible by 4 or 5?
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