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How Many Words, with Or Without Meaning, Can Be Formed by Using All the Letters of the Word 'Delhi', Using Each Letter Exactly Once? - Mathematics

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How many words, with or without meaning, can be formed by using all the letters of the word 'DELHI', using each letter exactly once?

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Solution

There are 5 letters in the word DELHI.
Number of 5 letter words = Number of arrangements of 5 letters, taken 5 at a time
5P5 = 120

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