Medium MCQ +4 / -1

The number of ways to arrange the letters of "BALLOON" is:

  1. A 7!/2!
  2. B 7!/(2!×2!) Correct answer
  3. C 7!/4!
  4. D 7!

Solution

BALLOON: 7 letters, L appears twice, O appears twice. So 7!/(2!×2!) = 5040/4 = 1260.

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Subject: Mathematics · Chapter: Permutations and Combinations · Topic: Permutations

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