Aptitude - Permutation and Combination - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Permutation and Combination - General Questions (Q.No. 5)
5.
In how many ways can the letters of the word 'LEADER' be arranged?
72
144
360
720
None of these
Answer: Option
Explanation:

The word 'LEADER' contains 6 letters, namely 1L, 2E, 1A, 1D and 1R.

Required number of ways = 6! = 360.
(1!)(2!)(1!)(1!)(1!)

Video Explanation: https://youtu.be/2_2QukHfkYA

Discussion:
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Dadasaheb Maske said:   7 years ago
Explain
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Asam said:   7 years ago
Please explain this.

Manish said:   8 years ago
If vowels point is given then vowel to be treated as one-word & if that one word contains repeat letters they must be divided.

For eg- eeo.
3!/2!.

Manish said:   8 years ago
7 letters out of which 2 letters are repeated.

Therefore 7!/2!

RDG said:   8 years ago
Sometimes vowel sometimes that way nothing could be understood please explain in sequence. And introduce the differences of combina and permu. Try to teach from a novice perspective.

Shwetha said:   8 years ago
Hello, @All.

In this question it means like how many ways (it means without repetition of letters) the "LEADER" letter can be arranged it supposed to be 6!=720. If the question is like how many different ways (with repetition of letters) can letter "LEADER" arranged then 6!/2! (2! is because of E letter repetition) = 360.

Hence the solution for this problem should be 720 as per my knowledge.

Lavanya said:   8 years ago
Without mentioning why did they do with repetition.

Why can't we do without repetition?

Sanjib said:   8 years ago
LEADER : totally 6 letters. so= 6!.

And vowel 3 letters (2->E and 1->A) so we can solve in this way : 6! /2!=6*5*4*3*2! /2!=360 (ans).

Parthiban said:   8 years ago
LEADER : totally 6 words so= 6!.
L1, E2, A1, D1, R1 so= 1!*2!*1!*1!*1!.
6!=6*5*4*3*2*1=720.
1!*2!*1!*1!*1!= (1*1) (2*1) (1*1) (1*1) (1*1)=2.
Total words=720/2=360.
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Vamshi said:   8 years ago
They didn't ask without repetition? Then why you divided by 2?


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