Permutations and Combinations

Question

If all the words (with or without meaning) having five letters, formed using the letters of the word SMALL and arranged as in a dictionary; then the position of the word SMALL is:

  • 46th

  • 59th

  • 52nd

  • 58th

Answer

D.

58th

Clearly, number of words start with A = 4!/ 2! = 12
Number of words start with L = 4! = 24
A number of words start with M = 4!/2! = 12
Number of words start with SA = 3!/2! = 3
Number of words starts with SL = 3! = 6
Note that, next word will be 'SMALL'
Hence, the position of word 'SMALL' is 58th.

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