How many distinct arrangements of the letters in the word "basic'' are there?
I need to find the number of ways to order five letters, where order matters. This is a permutation problem, since the order of the letters matters. The formula for permutations of n objects is n!, which means n times (n-1) times (n-2) and so on down to 1. In this case, n = 5, so the number of permutations is 5!, which is 5 times 4 times 3 times 2 times 1. I can multiply these numbers together to get the final answer. 