Find the number of arrangement that can be made of the letters of the word HEXAGON, so that the

vowels may not be in consecutive positions in any one of them. 1440

Find the total number of permutation of the letters of the word VALEDICTORY taken at all at a time,
so that the vowels never come together. 8467200

In how many other ways the letters of the word TRIANGLE be arranged

(i) Without changing the order of the Vowels,

(ii) Keeping the position of the vowels fixed and
(iii) Without changing the relative order of the vowels and consonants.

3359, 59, 359

The word TRIANGLE has total 11 characters. Out of them,

3 are Vowels ( I A E) occupying positions 3, 4, 8
5 are consonants ( T R N G L) occupying positions 1,2,5,6,7

Relative order of vowels and consonants cannot be changed.

i.e., position of vowels and consonants cannot be changed

3 vowels can be arranged in 3! ways

5 consonants can be arranged in 5! ways

Total number of ways = 5!3!=720

In how many ways can the letters of the word UTILITARIANTSM be rearranged without changing the
relative order of vowels and consonants. 264599

In the word ALGEBRA, there are three vowels (A, A and E) and four consonants (L, G, B and R)

We need to find different arrangements of the word ALGEBRA such that relative positions of vowels
and consonants do not change.

Therefore, in the three positions occupied by vowels, we can rearrange the vowels in 3!/2! = 3 ways.

Four consonants can be rearranged in four spaces occupied by consonants in 4! ways = 24 ways.
Therefore, required number of arrangements = 3 x 24 = 72.

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Find the total number permutation of the letter of the word RATIONALISATION. In how many of
them will first three position be occupied by 3 ‘I’s and the last two by the 2 ‘t’s ? 45405360 &
151200

On how many ways can the letters of the word "COMPUTER" be

arranged?

1. Without any restrictions:

Since all letters in the word "COMPUTER" are distinct then the # of
arrangements is 8!.

2. M must always occur at the third place:

M is fixed at the third place, other 7 distinct letters can be arranged in 7! ways,

3. All the vowels are together:

Consider three vowels as one unit: {OEU}. Thus we'll have total of 6 units:
{OEU}{C}{M}{P}{T}{R}, which can be arranged in 6! ways. Three vowels
within their unit can be arranged in 3! ways. Total: 6!*3!.

4. All the vowels are never together:

Total minus restriction: 8!-6!*3!.

5. Vowels occupy the even positions (the vowels can occupy only even
positions):
C|O|M|P|U|T|E|R
O|E|O|E|O|E|O|E (O and E stand for odd and even positions respectively).

# of arrangements would
be C34∗3!∗5!=4!∗5!=2880C43∗3!∗5!=4!∗5!=2880.

C34C43 - choosing which 3 even positions out of 4 will be occupied by vowels

(there are 4 even positions: 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th and only 3 vowels);
3!3! - # of different arrangements of these vowels on their even positions;
5!5! - # of different arrangements of 8-3=5 other letters left.
Hope it helps.
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grad_mba Re: In how many ways can the letters of the word
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Director
2007, 18:39

4
1
1
3) All vowels are together -

C-O-M-P-U-T-E-R has 3 vowels - for th

be together, consider them as a single en
Joined: 13 Mar 2007 K,
Posts: 530
Schools: MIT Sloan so now we have 6 alphabets (C,M,P,T,R
ways

K comprises of 3 alphates - so K can arr

itself in 3! ways,
 hence total 6! x 3!

5) There are 4 even positions to be filled

vowels -so by direct counting 4 x 3 x 2

remaining 5 positions are occupied by th

alphabets in 5! ways

=> 5! x 4!

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grad_mba Re: In how many ways can the letters of the word
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Director
2007, 13:33

2
1) 8!
2) 7!
3) 6! x 3!
4) 8! - [6! x 3!]
5) 4! x [4x3x2]

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ankita Re: In how many ways can the letters of the word
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2007, 08:53

1
Thank you. somehow i can't be sure of m
answers, when it comes to arrangement
possibilities or probability calculation. T
i got first 4 correct here
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vijay2001 Re: In how many ways can the letters of the word
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2007, 11:00

1
4) All the vowels are never together

Does this mean, they are all seperate? If

the questions, then asnwer is 4! 5P3 way

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BDSunDevil Re: In how many ways can the letters of the word
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2011, 10:43

1
Can someone check for 4 and 5: i keep g
4: 5!*6p3=2400
5. 720*4=2880

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Chembeti Re: In how many ways can the letters of the word
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Manager
2012, 03:07
 4
BDSunDevil wrote:
Can someone check for 4 and 5: i ke
getting
4: 5!*6p3=2400
5. 720*4=2880

Joined: 25 Nov 2011 4) All the vowels are never together.

Posts: 164 This is equivalent to (All possibilities - A
Location: India vowels are ALWAYS together) = 8! - 6
Concentration: Technology, General Management
GPA: 3.95
WE: Information Technology (Computer Software)
5) Vowels occupy the even positions.
let us consider the following: first 3 vow
placing together in even positions:
-O-U-E--
-O---U-E
---O-U-E
Like this, at any point in time we have 4
positions to fill with 3 letters. Hence no.
ways will be 4P3 = 4!

Remaining 5 positions can be filled by 5

Hence total ways = 4! x 5!

Hope this is clear. (if you like, give me k

please )
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Apex231 Re: In how many ways can the letters of the word
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2012, 18:33

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Joined: 03 Oct 2009
Posts: 49 4. All the vowels are never together:

I did this -

3 vowels and 5 non-vowels.

 number of ways to arrange 5 non-vowel
(represented by | below).

-|-|-|-|-|-

Now there are 6 places (represented by -

vowels can occupy so that they are not
together.
Number of ways vowels can be arranged
= 120

total number of ways = 120 * 5! = 1440

What am i doing wrong?

Chembeti Re: In how many ways can the letters of the word
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2012, 20:24

2
Apex231 wrote:
4. All the vowels are never together

I did this -

3 vowels and 5 non-vowels.

Joined: 25 Nov 2011
Posts: 164
Location: India number of ways to arrange 5 non-vo
Concentration: Technology, General Management
GPA: 3.95
5! (represented by | below).
WE: Information Technology (Computer Software)

-|-|-|-|-|-

Now there are 6 places (represented

that vowels can occupy so that they
not together.
Number of ways vowels can be arra
6P3 = 120

total number of ways = 120 * 5! = 14

 What am i doing wrong?

Question says "ALL the vowels not tog

So, you have excluded valid cases
like COMPTUER, CMPOUTER

One thing: it is generally a good practice

find the probability of something to occ
then subtract it from 1 to find for the sam
thing to not occur. This way, we don;t c
above mistakes.

Kudos please, if this is clear

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2012, 23:43

1
1. 8!
2. 7!
3. 6! x 6
4. 8! - (6!x6)
5. 5! x (4C3)

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Bunuel Re: In how many ways can the letters of the word
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2012, 23:46

1
 docabuzar wrote:
1. 8!
2. 7!
3. 6! x 6
4. 8! - (6!x6)
5. 5! x (4C3)

V Answer for question #5 is not correct, it

be 5!*4!. Check the solutions above and
anything remains unclear.
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docabuzar Re: In how many ways can the letters of the word
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2012, 12:40

Bunuel wrote:
docabuzar wrote:
1. 8!
2. 7!
3. 6! x 6
4. 8! - (6!x6)
5. 5! x (4C3)

Joined: 17 Jan 2012

Posts: 41
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Answer for question #5 is not correc
should be 5!*4!. Check the solutions
and ask if anything remains unclear

Thanks for correction.

I intended to write 5! x (4P3) => 5! x 4!
I m worried, the time pressure never cea
cause such mistakes!

AniDroid Re: In how many ways can the letters of the word
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2016, 22:46

For the 5th question-

There are 8 available places in the word

COMPUTER. 5 Consonants and 3 Vow

First choose 4 consonants to be filled in

Joined: 03 Aug 2012 positions in 5P4 ways = 120
Posts: 1
Location: India Then 4 balance alphabets, including the
Concentration: Technology, Healthcare vowels, can be filled in 4 even positions
GMAT 1: 700 Q51 V34
ways = 24

Total number of ways = 120*24 = 2880

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