All the arrangements, with or without meaning, of the word FARMER are written excluding any word that has…

All the arrangements, with or without meaning, of the word FARMER are written excluding any word that has two R appearing together. The arrangements are listed serially in the alphabetic order as in the English dictionary. Then the serial number of the word FARMER in this list is _____ .

Solution

Number of such words without both R together

= total possible words - total possible words with both R together

Number of such words start with A=5!2!-4!=36

Number of such words start with E=5!2!-4!=36

Number of such words start with FAE=3!2!-2=1

Number of such words start with FAM=3!2!-2=1

Number of such words start with FARE=2!=2

Number of such words start with FARMER=1

Total =77

Asked in: JEE Main 2021 (01 Sep Shift 2)

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