find the no. of words that can be formed from the letters of the word MALAYALAM. how? How many of these arrangements start with Y?

MALAYALAM, you can find the ans by formula of permutations, total letters are 9! And M=2! A=4! L=2!. So the total no ofways=9!/4!2!2!. 2) fix the value of Y_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ at this, then;8!/4!2!2! Will be your solution.