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.

Video Explanation: https://youtu.be/WCEF3iW3H2c

Discussion:
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Eswaru said:   10 years ago
Hey dude we have to form 7 letter words from LEADING that means we need to use all the letters at a time. So no repetition are allowed.

Tanmay said:   8 years ago
In how many different ways can the letters of the word software be arranged in such a way that the vowels always come together?

Aradhy said:   6 years ago
@Deepanesh.

We are taking the possibilities of vowel because vowels can also change their position in the given arrangement.
(1)

Siva said:   1 decade ago
Permutations and combinations always make me to confuse much.

How to decide based on the descriptive aptitude question ?

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?

Technothelon said:   9 years ago
@Brian.

There aren't such kind of ways. Because arrangement is not taken into consideration when we do combinations.

Vivek Sharma said:   8 years ago
It should be 1440, as the vowels can be after the consonants as well as before the consonants. So 720*2. Am I right?

Taku mambo bellnuisemarbel said:   1 decade ago
Please help me with this; whenever I hear of probability that a variable is being selected what should I think of?

Samson said:   1 decade ago
God bless you all for your contribution especially you @Jessie for using the formula to break it down well.

Ranjeet said:   1 decade ago
Well I am confused. Somewhere n! is done whereas somewhere (n-1)! is used.

Can someone explain about it?


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