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How many words, with or without meaning can be formed from the letters of the word тАШMONDAYтАЩ, assuming that no letter is repeated, if
(i) 4 letters are used at a time
(ii) all letters are used at a time
(iii) all letters are used but first letter is a vowel ?



Answer -

Given:

The word тАШMONDAYтАЩ

Total letters = 6

(i)┬а4 letters are used ata time

Number of ways = (No.of ways of choosing 4 letters from MONDAY)

= (6C4)

By using the formula,

nCr┬а= n!/r!(n тАУ r)!

6C4┬а= 6! / 4!(6 тАУ 4)!

= 6! / (4! 2!)

= [6├Ч5├Ч4!] / (4! 2!)

= [6├Ч5] / (2├Ч1)

= 3├Ч5

= 15

Now we need to findthe no. of words that can be formed by 4 letters.

15 ├Ч 4! = 15 ├Ч(4├Ч3├Ч2├Ч1)

= 15 ├Ч 24

= 360

тИ┤┬аThe no. of wordsthat can be formed by 4 letters of MONDAY is 360.

(ii)┬аall letters are usedat a time

Total number ofletters in the word тАШMONDAYтАЩ is 6

So, the total no. ofwords that can be formed is 6! = 360

тИ┤┬аThe no. of wordsthat can be formed by 6 letters of MONDAY is 360.

(iii)┬аall letters are usedbut first letter is a vowel ?

In the word тАШMONDAYтАЩthe vowels are O and A. We need to choose one vowel from these 2 vowels for thefirst place of the word.

So,

Number of ways = (No.of ways of choosing a vowel from 2 vowels)

= (2C1)

By using the formula,

nCr┬а= n!/r!(n тАУ r)!

2C1┬а= 2! / 1!(2 тАУ 1)!

= 2! / (1! 1!)

= (2├Ч1)

= 2

Now we need to findthe no. of words that can be formed by remaining 5 letters.

2 ├Ч 5! = 2 ├Ч(5├Ч4├Ч3├Ч2├Ч1)

= 2 ├Ч 120

= 240

тИ┤┬аThe no. of wordsthat can be formed by all letters of MONDAY in which the first letter is avowel is 240.

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