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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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Answer» 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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