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The Letter Of The Word Labour Are Permuted In All Possible Ways And The Words Thus Formed Are Arranged As In A Dictionary. What Is The Rank Of The Word Labour?

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The order of each letter in the dictionary is ABLORU.

Now, with A in the beginning, the remaining letters can be PERMUTED in 5! ways.

Similarly, with B in the beginning, the remaining letters can be permuted in 5! ways.

With L in the beginning, the first word will be LABORU, the SECOND will be LABOUR.

Hence, the rank of the word LABOUR is 5!+5!+2 =242.

The order of each letter in the dictionary is ABLORU.

Now, with A in the beginning, the remaining letters can be permuted in 5! ways.

Similarly, with B in the beginning, the remaining letters can be permuted in 5! ways.

With L in the beginning, the first word will be LABORU, the second will be LABOUR.

Hence, the rank of the word LABOUR is 5!+5!+2 =242.



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