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The letters of the word ‘SURITI’ are written in all possible orders, and these words are written out as in a dictionary. Find the rank of the word ‘SURITI’.

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Given, 

The word SURITI. 

Arranging the permutations of the letters of the word SURITI in a dictionary : 

To find : Rank of word SURITI in dictionary. 

First comes, words starting with letter I = 5! = 120 

Words starting from letter R = 5!/2! = 60 

Words starting from SI = 4! = 24 (4 letters no repetation) 

Words starting from SR = 4!/2! = 12 (4 letters, one repetation of I) 

Words starting from ST = 4!/2! = 12 (4 letters, one repetation of I) 

Words starting from SUI = 3! = 6 (3 letters no repetation) 

Words starting from SUR; SURIIT = 1 

SURITI = 1 

Rank of the word SURITI = 120 + 60 + 24 + 12 + 12 + 6 + 1 + 1 

= 236 

Hence,

The rank of the word SURITI in arranging the letters of SURITI in a dictionary among its permutations is 236.



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