Combinations of 6 letters

tenten 1 permutation
LLLLLL 1 permutation
isisis 1 permutation
isisLL 6 permutations
tenisL 6 permutations
LLLLis 5 permutations
tenLLL 4 permutations
tenLLL
for ten
n=1 cannot repeat
k=1 order doesnt matter
n
C
k

1
C
1
= 1
for L
n=3 can repeat
k=1 order doesnt matter
n+k-1
C
k

3+1-1
C
1
= 3
possible permutations for tenLLL = 3+1 = 4
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isisLL
total possible combitations = 16
k=4
n=2 n
k
2
4
= 16
were tere are 3 !L!s = 4
4
C
3

were tere is one !L! = 4
4
C
1
were tere are all !L!s = 1
4
C
4
were tere are no !L! = 1
4
C
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total

of unwanted combinations =1"
16-1" = 6
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