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The two letters that appear twice in the word BRILLIANT are I and L. The probability that I choose an I is 19, and the probability that I pick another I right after is 1/8 (as I already picked a letter, so there is one less to pick from). So the probability of picking two I's is 19∗18=172, and the same goes for L too, so the probability of picking the same two letters in a row is 272=136
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The two letters that appear twice in the word BRILLIANT are I and L. The probability that I choose an I is 29 (2 I's to pick from) , and the probability that I pick another I right after is 1/8 (as there is only one "I" left to pick, and there are now only 8 letter to pick from). So the probability of picking two I's is 29∗18=272=136, and the same goes for L too, so the probability of picking the same two letters in a row is 136+136=118
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