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by harsh.champ » Fri Feb 19, 2010 6:26 am
If the letters of the word CHASM are rearranged to form 5 letter words such that none of the word repeat and the results arranged in ascending order as in a dictionary what is the rank of the word CHASM?


(A) 24
(B) 30
(C) 31
(D) 32
(E) 33

The OA is D.
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by shashank.ism » Fri Feb 19, 2010 6:31 am
harsh.champ wrote:If the letters of the word CHASM are rearranged to form 5 letter words such that none of the word repeat and the results arranged in ascending order as in a dictionary what is the rank of the word CHASM?


(A) 24
(B) 30
(C) 31
(D) 32
(E) 33

The OA is D.
words starting with A = 4x3x2x1 = 24
words starting with ca = 3x2x1 =6
words starting with cham=1
next one is CHASM

so r[spoiler]ank = 32 Ans D[/spoiler]
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by cunazza » Fri Feb 19, 2010 7:42 am
harsh.champ wrote:If the letters of the word CHASM are rearranged to form 5 letter words such that none of the word repeat and the results arranged in ascending order as in a dictionary what is the rank of the word CHASM?


(A) 24
(B) 30
(C) 31
(D) 32
(E) 33

The OA is D.
The first letter in alphabetical order is A. A-CHSM, then you have 4! ways to permute the remaining letter: 4*3*2*1=24.
The 2nd letter in alphabetical order is C => CH-ASM, then you have 3! ways to permute the 3 remaining letters: 3*2*1=6.
The 3rd letter in alphabetical order is H => CHA-MS and CHA-SM => 24+6+2=32.
I'd say D.
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