Q. All letters of the word EAMCET are arranged in all possible ways. The number of such arrangement in which no two vowels are adjacent to each other, is

A) 360
B) 144
C) 72
D) 54
Explanation

(c)
Given word is EAMCET
Here number of vowels are 3 $ie$, E, A, E and number of consonants are 3, $ie$, M, C, T and number of ways of arranging three consonants$= 3! = 6$
V C V C V C V
In the places ‘V’, we shall arrange vowels
There are 4 places marked V
$\therefore$ Number of ways of arranging vowels
$= {\ ^{4}P}_{3} + \frac{1}{2} = 12$ [$\because$ E is repeated twice]
$\therefore$ Total number of words$= 6 \times 12 = 72$

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