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Ten different letters of alphabet are given, words with 5 letters are formed from these given letters. Then, the number of words which have at least one letter repeated is:

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Correct Answer: Option A
Number of words which have at least one letter replaced,
= Total number of words - total number of words in which no letter is repeated.
= 105 – 16P5
= 100000 − 30240
= 69760
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Orji Ebuka
Orji Ebuka 3 months ago
The alphabet has 26 letters
26-10= 16

For non repeated = 16 p 5

For repeated= total words - non repeated
= 10^5 - 16 p 5
Rohit Singh
Rohit Singh 6 years ago
16p5 is incorrect 10p5 should be there and value of 10p5 is 30240.
Spoorthi Vaidya
Spoorthi Vaidya 8 years ago
Why it is not 10^5 -10p5
Navneesh Maths
Navneesh Maths 10 years ago
10^5- 10p5 is correct solution
Navneesh Maths
Navneesh Maths 10 years ago
Correct solution is 10^5- 10p5
Siva
Siva 11 years ago
why we have taken 16p5 and why not 10p5