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Find the number of words formed by permuting all the letters of the following words : (i) INDEPENDENCE (ii) INTERMEDIATE

(i) \[INDEPENDENCE\]

There are \[12\] letters in the word \[INDEPENDENCE\] out of which \[2\text{ }are\text{ }Ds,\text{ }3\text{ }are\text{ }Ns,\text{ }4\text{ }are\text{ }Es\]and the rest all are distinct.

So by using the formula,

\[n!/\text{ }\left( p!\text{ }\times \text{ }q!\text{ }\times \text{ }r! \right)\]

total number of arrangements \[=\text{ }12!\text{ }/\text{ }\left( 2!\text{ }3!\text{ }4! \right)\]

\[=\left[ 12\times 11\times 10\times 9\times 8\times 7\times 6\times 5\times 4\times 3\times 2\times 1 \right]/\left( 2!3!4! \right)\]

\[=\text{ }\left[ 12\times 11\times 10\times 9\times 8\times 7\times 6\times 5 \right]/\left( 2\times 1\times 3\times 2\times 1 \right)\]

Or,

\[=\text{ }11\times 10\times 9\times 8\times 7\times 6\times 5\]

\[=\text{ }1663200\]

 

(ii) \[INTERMEDIATE\]

There are \[12\] letters in the word \[INTERMEDIATE\] out of which \[2\text{ }are\text{ }Is,\text{ }2\text{ }are\text{ }Ts,\text{ }3\text{ }are\text{ }Es\] and the rest all are distinct.

So by using the formula,

\[n!/\text{ }\left( p!\text{ }\times \text{ }q!\text{ }\times \text{ }r! \right)\]

total number of arrangements \[=\text{ }12!\text{ }/\text{ }\left( 2!\text{ }2!\text{ }3! \right)\]

\[=\text{ }\left[ 12\times 11\times 10\times 9\times 8\times 7\times 6\times 5\times 4\times 3\times 2\times 1 \right]\text{ }/\text{ }\left( 2!\text{ }2!\text{ }3! \right)\]

Or,

\[=\text{ }\left[ 12\times 11\times 10\times 9\times 8\times 7\times 6\times 5\times 3\times 2\times 1 \right]\text{ }/\text{ }\left( 3! \right)\]

\[=\text{ }12\times 11\times 10\times 9\times 8\times 7\times 6\times 5\]

So,

\[=\text{ }19958400\]