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If the letters of the word ATTRACTION are written down at random, find the probability that (i) all the T's occur together, (ii) no two T's occur together.

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Number of letters in ATTRACTION `=10`
`P(`T occurs together)`=frac{{8!}/{2!}}{{10!}/{2!3!}}`
`=1/15`
`P(`No two T occurs together)`=frac{^8C_3times{3!}/{3!}times{7!}/{2!}}{{10!}/{2!3!}}`
`=7/15`
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