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How many words can be formed from the letters of the word ‘SUNDAY’? How many of these begin with D?



Answer -

Given:

The word ‘SUNDAY’

Total number ofletters in the word ‘SUNDAY’ is 6.

So, number ofarrangements of 6 things, taken all at a time is 6P6

= 6! = 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 ×2 × 1 = 720

Now, we shall find thenumber of words starting with D

So let’s fix the firstposition with letter D, then remaining number of letters is 5.

The number ofarrangements of 5 things, taken all at a time is 5P5 =5! = 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 = 120

Hence, the totalnumber of words can be made by letters of the word ‘SUNDAY’ is 720.

The possible number ofwords using letters of ‘SUNDAY’ starting with ‘D’ is 120.

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