How many different words can be formed from the word daughter ending and beginning are consonants?

Solution : No. of letters in the word 'DAUGHTER' =8
(i) If there is no restriction,
No. of permutations to fill 8 places with given 8 letters `= P_(8) = 8! = 40320`.
(ii) In the word 'DAUGHTER'. Vowels = A,U,E and Consonants = D,G,T,H,R
`rArr` No. of vowels and consonants are 3 and 5 respectively.
`:'` A,U,E are always together
`:.` Treating these letters as one letter, the letters are `5 +1 = 6`
Now the number of arrangement of 6 letters at 6 places `= .^(6)P_(6) = 6! = 720` and Number of arrangement of letters A,U,E at 3 places `= .^(3)P_(3) = 3! =6`.
`:.` Required arrangements `= 720 xx 6 = 4320`
(iii) For the words starting with A
A will be at first place and no of arrangements of remaining 7 letters at remaining 7 places
`=.^(7)P_(7) = 7! = 5040`.
(iv) For the words starting with A and ending with R,
No. of arrangements of remaining 6 letters at remaining 6 places
`=.^(6)P_(6) = 6! = 720`.

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Solution : No. of letters in the word 'DAUGHTER' =8
(i) If there is no restriction,
No. of permutations to fill 8 places with given 8 letters `= P_(8) = 8! = 40320`.
(ii) In the word 'DAUGHTER'. Vowels = A,U,E and Consonants = D,G,T,H,R
`rArr` No. of vowels and consonants are 3 and 5 respectively.
`:'` A,U,E are always together
`:.` Treating these letters as one letter, the letters are `5 +1 = 6`
Now the number of arrangement of 6 letters at 6 places `= .^(6)P_(6) = 6! = 720` and Number of arrangement of letters A,U,E at 3 places `= .^(3)P_(3) = 3! =6`.
`:.` Required arrangements `= 720 xx 6 = 4320`
(iii) For the words starting with A
A will be at first place and no of arrangements of remaining 7 letters at remaining 7 places
`=.^(7)P_(7) = 7! = 5040`.
(iv) For the words starting with A and ending with R,
No. of arrangements of remaining 6 letters at remaining 6 places
`=.^(6)P_(6) = 6! = 720`.

How many words with or without meaning can be formed from the letters of the word, 'DAUGHTER', so thati all vowels occur together?ii all vowels do not occur together?

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Hint: The word daughter has $8$ letters in which $3$ are vowels. For the vowels to always come together consider all the $3$ vowels to be one letter (suppose V) then total letters become $6$ which can be arranged in $6!$ ways and the vowels themselves in $3!$ ways.

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Given word ‘DAUGHTER’ has $8$ letters in which $3$ are vowels and 5 are consonants. A, U, E are vowels and D, G, H, T, R are consonants.(i)We have to find the total number of words formed when the vowels always come together.Consider the three vowels A, U, E to be one letter V then total letters are D, G, H, T, R and V. So the number of letters becomes $6$So we can arrange these $6$ letters in $6!$ ways. Since the letter V consists of three vowels, the vowels themselves can interchange with themselves. So the number of ways the $3$vowels can be arranged is $3!$ Then,$ \Rightarrow $ The total number of words formed will be=number of ways the $6$ letters can be arranged ×number of ways the $3$ vowels can be arrangedOn putting the given values we get,$ \Rightarrow $ The total number of words formed=$6! \times 3!$ We know $n! = n \times \left( {n - 1} \right)! \times ...3,2,1$ $ \Rightarrow $ The total number of words formed=$6 \times 4 \times 5 \times 3 \times 2 \times 1 \times 3 \times 2 \times 1$ On multiplying all the numbers we get, $ \Rightarrow $ The total number of words formed=$24 \times 5 \times 6 \times 6$ $ \Rightarrow $ The total number of words formed=$120 \times 36$ $ \Rightarrow $ The total number of words formed=$4320$

The number of words formed from ‘DAUGHTER’ such that all vowels are together is $4320$.

(ii)We have to find the number of words formed when no vowels are together.Consider the following arrangement- _D_H_G_T_RThe spaces before the consonants are for the vowels so that no vowels come together. Since there are $5$ consonants so they can be arranged in $5!$ ways.There are $6$ spaces given for $3$ vowels. We know to select r things out of n things we write use the following formula-${}^{\text{n}}{{\text{C}}_{\text{r}}}$=$\dfrac{{n!}}{{r!n - r!}}$ So to select $3$ spaces of out $6$ spaces =${}^6{{\text{C}}_3}$ And the three vowels can be arranged in these three spaces in $3!$ ways.$ \Rightarrow $ The total number of words formed=${}^6{{\text{C}}_3} \times 3! \times 5!$$ \Rightarrow $ The total number of words formed=$\dfrac{{6!}}{{3!6 - 3!}} \times 5! \times 3!$ $ \Rightarrow $ The total number of words formed=$\dfrac{{6!}}{{3!}} \times 5!$ On simplifying we get-$ \Rightarrow $ The total number of words formed=$\dfrac{{6 \times 5 \times 4 \times 3!}}{{3!}} \times 5!$ $ \Rightarrow $ The total number of words formed=$120 \times 5 \times 4 \times 3 \times 2 \times 1$ On multiplying we get,$ \Rightarrow $ The total number of words formed=$14400$

The total number of words formed from ‘DAUGHTER’ such that no vowels are together is $14400$.

Note: Combination is used when things are to be arranged but not necessarily in order. Permutation is a little different. In permutation, order is important. Permutation is given by-

$ \Rightarrow {}^n{P_r} = \dfrac{{n!}}{{n - r!}}$ Where n=total number of things and r=no. of things to be selected.

How many different words can be formed from the word daughter so that ending and beginning?

The total number of words formed from 'DAUGHTER' such that no vowels are together is 14400. ⇒nPr=n! n−r! Where n=total number of things and r=no.

How many different words can be formed from the word daughter so that ending and beginning letters are Consonents?

∴ Required number of words = 6 ! × 3 ! = 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 × 3 × 2 = 4320.

How many words can you make out of daughter?

189 words can be made from the letters in the word daughter.

How many different words beginning and ending with a consonant?

Hence, we can form a total 4320 different words ending and beginning with consonants with the letters of the word EQUATION. Note: Here, students get confused if repetition is allowed or not.