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TS EAMCET · Maths · Permutation Combination

If all the letters of the word MOST are permuted and the words (with or without meaning) thus obtained are arranged in the dictionary order then the rank of the word STOM when counted from the rank of the word MOST, is

  1. A \(24\)
  2. B \(21\)
  3. C \(12\)
  4. D \(18\)
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(D) \(18\)

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Alphabetical order of letters: M, O, S, T. Rank(MOST) = \(0 \times 3! + 0 \times 2! + 0 \times 1! + 0 \times 0! + 1 = 1\) Rank(STOM) = \(2 \times 3! + 2 \times 2! + 1 \times 1! + 0 \times 0! + 1 = 12 + 4 + 1 + 0 + 1 = 18\) Required rank = Rank(STOM) - Rank(MOST) + 1 =…