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    Question

    Count the number of “words” from MISSISSIPPI when

    all the vowels occur together.
    A 650 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 840 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 768 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 660 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    ATQ, Vowels = I, I, I, I Consonants = M, S, S, S, S, P, P Items = 1 (vowel block) + 7 = 8 (S four times, P twice) Arrangements = 8! / (4! Ă— 2!) = 40320 / 48 = 840 Arrangements of vowels = 4! / 4! = 1 Total words = 840 Ă— 1 = 840

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