How many arrangements of the letters of the word ‘BENGALI’ can be made if the vowels are never together.

There are 7 letters in the word ‘Bengali of these 3 are vowels and 4 consonants.

Considering vowels a, e, i as one letter, we can arrange 4+1 letters in 5! ways in each of which vowels are together. These 3 vowels can be arranged among themselves in 3! ways.

Total number of words = 5! x 3!= 120 x 6 = 720