Bunuel wrote:
A biologist studying the genetic code is interested to know the number of possible arrangements of 12 molecules in a chain. The chain contains 4 different molecules represented by the initials A (for adenine), C (for Cytosine), G (for Guanine) and T (for Thymine) and 3 molecules of each kind. How many different such arrangements are possible in all?
A. \(\frac{12!}{(3!)^4}\)
B. \(\frac{12!}{(4!)^3}\)
C. \(\frac{12!}{(3)^4}\)
D. \(\frac{12!}{4^3}\)
E. \(\frac{12!}{3!}\)
Similar to number of possible arrangement for any word that has repetitions i.e. EUROPE ,how many arrangements are there for the word EUROPE ?
\(\frac{6!}{2!}\)
Where 6! total arrangements since we have 6 Alphabets and 2! since we have two identical alphabets i.e. two E's.
In the same way in the given question we have 12 alphabets were 4 alphabets are repeated thrice each .
Hence \(\frac{12!}{3!3!3!3!}\)
Ans- A
Hope it's clear.
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