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AP EAMCET · Maths · Permutation Combination

If four letters are chosen from the letters of the word ASSIGNMENT and are arranged in all possible ways to form 4 letter words (with or without meaning), then total number of such words that can be formed is

  1. A 1680
  2. B 2184
  3. C 2196
  4. D 2190
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(D) 2190

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Letters: A(1), S(2), I(1), G(1), N(2), M(1), E(1), T(1). Case 1: All 4 distinct letters. \( P(8,4) = 8 \times 7 \times 6 \times 5 = 1680 \) Case 2: Two identical, two distinct letters. Identical pair: S or N (2 choices). Choose 2 distinct from remaining 7 unique letters:…