the hawaiian language has only 12 letters: the vowels a, e, i, o, and u and the consonants h, k, l, m, n, p, and w. a) how many possible three-letter Hawaiin "words" are there? (some of these may be nonsense words) b) How many three-letter "words" have no repeated letters?

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the hawaiian language has only 12 letters: the vowels a, e, i, o, and u and the consonants h, k, l, m, n, p, and w. a) how many possible three-letter Hawaiin "words" are there? (some of these may be nonsense words) b) How many three-letter "words" have no repeated letters?

 

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