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Find the number of ways in which onee or more letters can be selected from the letter.
AAAAA BBBB CCC DD EFG.

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here, 5A's are alike, 4B's are alike, 3C's are alike, 2D's
`therefore` Total number of combinations
`=(5+1)(4+1)(3+1)(2+1)2^(3)-1`
`=6*5*4*3*8-1`
`=2879`
[excluding the base, when no letter is selected]
Explanation selection from (AAAAA) can be made by 6 ways such include no A, include five A. similarly, selections from (BBBB) can be made in 5 ways, selections from (CCC) can be made in 4 ways, selections from (DD) can be made in 3 ways and form E,F,G can be made in `2xx2xx2` ways.
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