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In how many different ways can the letters of the word 'MATHEMATICS' be arranged so that the vowels always come together?

Correct Answer: 120960

Explanation:

In the word 'MATHEMATICS', we treat the vowels AEAI as one letter.


Thus, we have MTHMTCS (AEAI).


Now, we have to arrange 8 letters, out of which M occurs twice, T occurs twice and the rest are different.



∴ Number of ways of arranging these letters = 8! = 10080.
(2!)(2!)


Now, AEAI has 4 letters in which A occurs 2 times and the rest are different.



Number of ways of arranging these letters = 4! = 12.
2!


∴ Required number of words = (10080 x 12) = 120960.


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