Count the number of arrangements of 5 distinct letters of the alphabet such that * the letters b, d, m, w, z are not used and  * if the letter c is the first letter in the arrangement m, then the letter a is second and the letter t is third

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Count the number of arrangements of 5 distinct letters of the alphabet such that

* the letters b, d, m, w, z are not used and 

* if the letter c is the first letter in the arrangement m, then the letter a is second and the letter t is third

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The English alphabet contains 26 letters. Of these, the 5 letters b, d, m, w, and z are not to be used here.

Thus, the total number of letters that can be used in this arrangement is, 26 – 5 = 21.

The rest of the problem uses only these 21 permissible letters, ignoring the 5 that cannot be used.

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