Nov 6, 2010

Find out the no. of words.

How many words can be formed by using all the letters of the word "DAUGHTER"
so that the vowels always come together?


Answer:
4320

Explanation:
Given word contains 8 different letters.When the vowels AUE are always together
We may suppose them to form an entity,treated as one letter.

Then,the letters to be arranged are DGHTR(AUE).

These 6 letters can be arranged in 6P6=6!=720 ways
The vowels in the group (AUE) may arranged in 3!=6 ways.
therefore Required number of words=(720 X 6)=4320.

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