CAT 2023 Permutations and Combinations Question (Medium)

Question

Letters of the word MINUTE be arranged such that the vowels occupy only odd positions.

Optima Learn · Accepted Answer

Understanding the Setup MINUTE has 6 letters 3 vowels I,U,E and 3 consonants M,N,T . There are exactly 3 odd positions 1,3,5 and 3 even positions 2,4,6 . Analyzing and Solving Vowels must fill all 3 odd positions 3! ways and consonants fill all 3 even positions 3! ways 6 6 36. Evaluating the Options

CAT 2023 Permutations and Combinations — Previous Year Question

CAT 2023

Quantitative

Permutations and Combinations

Medium

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