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Freefarea

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Let S be the set consisting of the four letters {‘A’,‘E’,‘F’,‘R’}.
For n0, let S(n) denote the set of words of length n consisting of letters belonging to S.
We designate the words FREE,FARE,AREA,REEF as keywords.

Let f(n) be the number of words in S(n) that contains all four keywords exactly once.

This first happens for n=9, and indeed there is a unique 9 lettered word that contain each of the keywords once: FREEFAREA
So, f(9)=1.

You are also given that f(15)=72863.

Find f(30).

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