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In How Many Ways Can the Letters of the Word 'Algebra' Be Arranged Without Changing the Relative Order of the Vowels and Consonants?

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In how many ways can the letters of the word 'ALGEBRA' be arranged without changing the relative order of the vowels and consonants?

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Solution

The relative positions of all the vowels and consonants is fixed.
The first letter is a vowel. It can be selected out of the 3 three vowels, of which two are same. So, the vowels can be arranged in selecting 3 things, of which two are of the same kind
⇒\[\frac{3!}{2!}\]
The second, third, fifth and sixth letters are consonants that can be filled by the available 4 consonants in 4! ways.
∴ By fundamental principle of counting, the number of words that can be formed = 4!\[\times \frac{3!}{2!}\]

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