permutation?

Question

how many times you can arrange the word "mississippi"?

Answer 1

there are 11 letters

4 i's
4 s's
2 p's

the formula is:
n! / (q1! * q2! * ... * qn!)

11! / (4! * 4! * 2!) = 34,650 ways

Answer 2

The number of unique ways to organize the letters in "mississippi", assuming that "i"s are the same, etc., is found like this:

11! / (4! * 4! * 2!) = 34650