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Question
How many strings can be formed from the letters of the word ARTICLE, so that vowels occupy the even places?
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Solution
ARTICLE
Vowels A, I, E = 3
Total number of places = 7
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Number of even places = 3
3 Vowels can occupy 3 places in 3! = 3 × 2 × 1 = 6 ways
Then the remaining 4 letters can be arranged in 4! ways
So total number of arrangement = 3! × 4! = 6 × 24 = 144 ways
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