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4. How many sequences of length 6 formed from the 26 letters without repetition are there where the vowels (a,e,i,o,u) may only appear in the first or/and last positions (possibly neither)?

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Answer:

66361680

Explanation:

Case 1 : With no vowels

No, of vowels = 5

Remaining alphabets = 26-5 =21

No. of letters for for a word to be formed = 6

So, No. of ways of length 6 formed with no vowels from the 26 letters without repetition:

=
21 * 20 * 19 * 18 * 17 * 16

=
39070080

Case 2 : With vowels at first and last place

No. of vowels = 5

No. of ways of putting 2 vowels on first and last place of 6 letter word with no repetition =
5 * 4 = 20

Remaining alphabets = 26-5 =21

So, No. of ways of filling 4 places without repetition with no vowels :

=
21 * 20* 19 * 18

=
143640

So, No. of ways of length 6 formed with both vowels from the 26 letters without repetition:
143640 * 20 =2872800

Case 3 : with vowel at first place

No. of vowels = 5

No. of ways of putting 1 vowels on first place of 6 letter word with no repetition =
5

Remaining alphabets = 26-5 =21

So, No. of ways of filling 5 places without repetition with no vowels :

=
21 * 20* 19 * 18 * 17

=
2441880

So, No. of ways of length 6 formed with vowel at first place from the 26 letters without repetition:
2441880 * 5 =12209400

Case 4: with vowel at last place

No. of vowels = 5

No. of ways of putting 1 vowels on last place of 6 letter word with no repetition =
5

Remaining alphabets = 26-5 =21

So, No. of ways of filling 5 places without repetition with no vowels :

=
21 * 20* 19 * 18 * 17

=
2441880

So, No. of ways of length 6 formed with vowel at last place from the 26 letters without repetition:
2441880 * 5 =12209400

So, total no. of ways of length 6 formed from the 26 letters without repetition are there where the vowels (a,e,i,o,u) may only appear in the first or/and last positions (possibly neither):

= 39070080+2872800+12209400+12209400

=66361680

Hence total no. of ways of length 6 formed from the 26 letters without repetition are there where the vowels (a,e,i,o,u) may only appear in the first or/and last positions (possibly neither) is 66361680

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