From all the English alphabets, five letters are chosen and are arranged in alphabetical order. The total number of ways, in which the middle letter is ' M ', is :

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[Solution by Dr. Abubacker] M is the 13th letter. Choose 2 letters from the 12 before M and 2 from the 13 after M: $\binom{12}2\binom{13}2=66	imes78=5148$. Answer (1).

Q. From all the English alphabets, five letters are chosen and are arranged in alphabetical order. The total number of ways, in which the middle letter is ' M ', is :

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