Aptitude - Permutation and Combination - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Permutation and Combination - General Questions (Q.No. 2)
2.
In how many different ways can the letters of the word 'LEADING' be arranged in such a way that the vowels always come together?
360
480
720
5040
None of these
Answer: Option
Explanation:

The word 'LEADING' has 7 different letters.

When the vowels EAI are always together, they can be supposed to form one letter.

Then, we have to arrange the letters LNDG (EAI).

Now, 5 (4 + 1 = 5) letters can be arranged in 5! = 120 ways.

The vowels (EAI) can be arranged among themselves in 3! = 6 ways.

Required number of ways = (120 x 6) = 720.

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Discussion:
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Ali said:   8 years ago
@Avishek

No. of vowels is 3Es and the can only be together in this pattern {EEE}. There is only 1 way of choosing so 1! = 1 * 1 = 1.

We are to consider 3Es as a single alphabet because they are together. So we have L, M, N, T,{EEE} ie 5 letters now in all.

Now of way of choosing 5 letters = 5! (5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1) = 120.
Finally, we multiply 120 * 1 = 120 ie. the number of ways of arranging the letters so that the vowels are always together.

Avishek kadel said:   8 years ago
In how many ways the letters of word ELEMENT can be arranged so that vowels are always together?

Can anyone solve this?

Akshay said:   8 years ago
@Navan.

15c11 = 15!&div(15-11)! * 11!

Navan said:   9 years ago
I have one question.

How many ways 11players selected from 15 players?

Please give me the answer.

Sowmya said:   9 years ago
@Xyz.

C,M,B,N,T,N,(O,I,A,I,O)=> C,M,B,T,N,(O,I,A)=> 6! ways.

Vowels alone can be rearranged themselves in 3! ways.
So 6! * 3! = 2160.
Hope this is right.

Xyz said:   9 years ago
How many letters can be formed from COMBINATION if vowels are kept together?

Please give the solution.

Otieno said:   9 years ago
Where has 5! come from? Please explain me.

Rakesh said:   9 years ago
In leading 5! * 3! ways we can fill all vowels come together.

Prajwal said:   9 years ago
Does it have an another method to find the solution?

Gopika S S said:   9 years ago
A number of permutations of "n" different things are taken "m" specified things always come together is m!* (n-m+1) !

Here the three vowels always come together. So here m is 3. A total number of letters is 7. Substitute we get.

3!* (7 - 3 + 1)! = 3! * 5!

= 6 * 120 =720.

Hope you got it.


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