JEE Main & Advanced AIEEE Solved Paper-2008

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    How many different words can be formed by jumbling the letters in the word MISSISSIPPI in which no two S are adjacent?       AIEEE  Solved  Paper-2008

    A) \[6.8.\,{{\,}^{7}}{{C}_{4}}\]                         

    B) \[7.{{\,}^{6}}{{C}_{4}}.{{\,}^{8}}{{C}_{4}}\]           

    C)                                        \[8.{{\,}^{6}}{{C}_{4}}.{{\,}^{7}}{{C}_{4}}\]                           

    D)                        \[6.7.{{\,}^{8}}{{C}_{4}}\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

                    1M, 4I?s and 2P?s can be arranged by \[\frac{7!}{4!\,\,\,2!}\] and in the 8 gaps 4 S can arranged with \[^{8}{{C}_{4}}\] ways, so total ways are \[7.{{\,}^{6}}{{C}_{4}}.\,{{\,}^{8}}{{C}_{4}}\]


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