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Arrangements of BOOLAHUBBOO with B's first

Question

Consider all distinct rearrangements of the letters of BOOLAHUBBOO\text{BOOLAHUBBOO}. In how many of them does every BB come before every OO?

Short answer

79207920. Choose the 77 positions for the three B's and four O's in (117)\binom{11}{7} ways; only one filling (BBBOOOO) has all B's first. The remaining four distinct letters L, A, H, U fill the other spots in 4!4! ways, so 330⋅24=7920330\cdot24=7920.

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