# How Many Words, with Or Without Meaning, Can Be Formed Using All the Letters of the Word Equation at a Time So that the Vowels and Consonants Occur Together? - Mathematics

How many words, with or without meaning, can be formed using all the letters of the word EQUATION at a time so that the vowels and consonants occur together?

#### Solution

In the word EQUATION, there are 5 vowels, namely, A, E, I, O, and U, and 3 consonants, namely, Q, T, and N.

Since all the vowels and consonants have to occur together, both (AEIOU) and (QTN) can be assumed as single objects. Then, the permutations of these 2 objects taken all at a time are counted. This number would be ""^2P_2 = 2!

Corresponding to each of these permutations, there are 5! permutations of the five vowels taken all at a time and 3! permutations of the 3 consonants taken all at a time.

Hence, by multiplication principle, required number of words = 2! × 5! × 3!

= 1440

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NCERT Class 11 Mathematics Textbook
Chapter 7 Permutations and Combinations
Q 2 | Page 156