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Find the number of words formed by permuting all the letters of the following words :
(i) INDEPENDENCE
(ii) INTERMEDIATE
(iii) ARRANGE
(iv) INDIA
(v) PAKISTAN
(vi) RUSSIA
(vii) SERIES
(viii) EXERCISES
(ix) CONSTANTINOPLE



Answer -

(i) INDEPENDENCE

There are 12 lettersin the word ‘INDEPENDENCE’ out of which 2 are D’s, 3 are N’s, 4 are E’s and therest all are distinct.

So by using theformula,

n!/ (p! × q! × r!)

total number ofarrangements = 12! / (2! 3! 4!)

=[12×11×10×9×8×7×6×5×4×3×2×1] / (2! 3! 4!)

= [12×11×10×9×8×7×6×5]/ (2×1×3×2×1)

= 11×10×9×8×7×6×5

= 1663200

(ii) INTERMEDIATE

There are 12 lettersin the word ‘INTERMEDIATE’ out of which 2 are I’s, 2 are T’s, 3 are E’s and therest all are distinct.

So by using theformula,

n!/ (p! × q! × r!)

total number ofarrangements = 12! / (2! 2! 3!)

= [12×11×10×9×8×7×6×5×4×3×2×1]/ (2! 2! 3!)

=[12×11×10×9×8×7×6×5×3×2×1] / (3!)

= 12×11×10×9×8×7×6×5

= 19958400

(iii) ARRANGE

There are 7 letters inthe word ‘ARRANGE’ out of which 2 are A’s, 2 are R’s and the rest all aredistinct.

So by using theformula,

n!/ (p! × q! × r!)

total number ofarrangements = 7! / (2! 2!)

= [7×6×5×4×3×2×1] /(2! 2!)

= 7×6×5×3×2×1

= 1260

(iv) INDIA

There are 5 letters inthe word ‘INDIA’ out of which 2 are I’s and the rest all are distinct.

So by using theformula,

n!/ (p! × q! × r!)

total number ofarrangements = 5! / (2!)

= [5×4×3×2×1] / 2!

= 5×4×3

= 60

(v) PAKISTAN

There are 8 letters inthe word ‘PAKISTAN’ out of which 2 are A’s and the rest all are distinct.

So by using theformula,

n!/ (p! × q! × r!)

total number ofarrangements = 8! / (2!)

= [8×7×6×5×4×3×2×1] /2!

= 8×7×6×5×4×3

= 20160

(vi) RUSSIA

There are 6 letters inthe word ‘RUSSIA’ out of which 2 are S’s and the rest all are distinct.

So by using theformula,

n!/ (p! × q! × r!)

total number ofarrangements = 6! / (2!)

= [6×5×4×3×2×1] / 2!

= 6×5×4×3

= 360

(vii) SERIES

There are 6 letters inthe word ‘SERIES’ out of which 2 are S’s, 2 are E’s and the rest all aredistinct.

So by using theformula,

n!/ (p! × q! × r!)

total number ofarrangements = 6! / (2! 2!)

= [6×5×4×3×2×1] / (2!2!)

= 6×5×3×2×1

= 180

(viii) EXERCISES

There are 9 letters inthe word ‘EXERCISES’ out of which 3 are E’s, 2 are S’s and the rest all aredistinct.

So by using theformula,

n!/ (p! × q! × r!)

total number ofarrangements = 9! / (3! 2!)

= [9×8×7×6×5×4×3×2×1]/ (3! 2!)

= [9×8×7×6×5×4×3×2×1]/ (3×2×1×2×1)

= 9×8×7×5×4×3×1

= 30240

(ix) CONSTANTINOPLE

There are 14 lettersin the word ‘CONSTANTINOPLE’ out of which 2 are O’s, 3 are N’s, 2 are T’s andthe rest all are distinct.

So by using theformula,

n!/ (p! × q! × r!)

total number ofarrangements = 14! / (2! 3! 2!)

= 14!/ (2×1×3×2×1×2×1)

= 14! / 24

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