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:
84 comments Page 9 of 9.

Neeraj said:   1 decade ago
Hmm Krishna you are right. I got the answer by your way.

Abhishek krishna said:   1 decade ago
Hi Madhu and Shweta, the answer is right if see I tell how the letter E is repeated two times so it has to be divided and rest of letters are only one times occurred, so dividing from 1 did not make any thing.

Shweta said:   2 decades ago
Why the answer 720 is incorrect?
(1)

Madhu said:   2 decades ago
Explain this please?


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