How many words with or without meaning containing 3 vowels and 2 consonants can be formed using the letters of the word equation?


The word is 'INVOLUTE'
               Number of consonants = 4
                     Number of vowels = 4.
The words formed should contain 3 vowels and 2 consonants.
The problems becomes:
(i)                 Select 3 vowels out of 4.

How many words with or without meaning containing 3 vowels and 2 consonants can be formed using the letters of the word equation?
                   Number of selections =
How many words with or without meaning containing 3 vowels and 2 consonants can be formed using the letters of the word equation?

(ii)         Select two consonants out of 4.
How many words with or without meaning containing 3 vowels and 2 consonants can be formed using the letters of the word equation?
                    Number of selections = 
How many words with or without meaning containing 3 vowels and 2 consonants can be formed using the letters of the word equation?

(iii)  Arrange the five letters (3 vowels + 2 consonants) to form words.
                        Number of permutations = 5!
(iv)  Apply fundamental principle of counting:

                 Number of words formed = 

How many words with or without meaning containing 3 vowels and 2 consonants can be formed using the letters of the word equation?

                                                  = 
How many words with or without meaning containing 3 vowels and 2 consonants can be formed using the letters of the word equation?

                                                  = 4 x 6 x 120 = 2880  
Hence, the number of words formed  = 2880

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How many words, each of 3 vowels and 2 consonants, can be formed from the letters of the word ‘INVOLUTE’?

Answer : In the word ‘INVOLUTE’ there are 4 vowels, ‘I’,’O’,’U’ and ‘E’ and there are 4 consonants, ‘N’,’V’,’L’ and ‘T’. 3 vowels out of 4 vowels can be chosen in 4C3ways. 2 consonants out of 4 consonants can be chosen in 4C2 ways. Length of the formed words will be (3 + 2) = 5. So, the 5 letters can be written in 5! Ways. Therefore, the total number of words can be formed is = (4C3 X 4C2 X 5!) = 2880.

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