JEE Advanced · 2007 · 08 Apr 2007 · Paper 2 · Permutations and Combinations

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The letters of the word COCHIN are permuted and all the permutations are arranged in an alphabetical order as in an English dictionary. The number of words that appear before the word COCHIN is
  1. (A)360
  2. (B)192
  3. (C)96✓ Correct
  4. (D)48

Answer: (C)

Solution

The letters of COCHIN in alphabetical order are: C, C, H, I, N, O.

Words starting with C and having the second letter before O:
  • Starting with CC: The remaining letters H, I, N, O can be arranged in ways.
  • Starting with CH: The remaining letters C, I, N, O can be arranged in ways.
  • Starting with CI: The remaining letters C, H, N, O can be arranged in ways.
  • Starting with CN: The remaining letters C, H, I, O can be arranged in ways.

Total words before COCHIN = .

The 97th word is COCHIN itself.

JEE Advanced · 2007 · 08 Apr 2007 · Paper 2 · Single correct option

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