The number of ways five alphabets can be chosen from the alphabets of the word MATHEMATICS, where the chosen alphabets are not necessarily distinct, is equal to [2024]
(3)
We have, MMAATTHEICS
Case-I : All distinct
Case-II : 2 identical + 3 distinct
Case-III : 2 identical + 2 identical + 1 distinct
Hence, total number of ways = 56 + 105 + 18 = 179