plzz explain
in how many ways can the letters of the word CINEMA be arranged so that the order of vowels do not change
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Shaswata Roy
·2013-03-19 21:53:53
There are 6! ways to arrange the letters of the word CINEMA.
There are 3! ways to arrange only the vowels (A,E,I).
However out of these 3! ways only 1 is arranged in the order IEA.
Hence we must divide 6! by 3! to get the required result.
Answer = 6!3!=120
- Swarna Kamal Dhyawala thanks shaswata ...plzz try the other question also Upvote·0· Reply ·2013-03-19 22:08:27
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