Out of 7 consonants and 4 vowels, the number of words (not necessarily meaningful) that can be made, each…

Out of 7 consonants and 4 vowels, the number of words (not necessarily meaningful) that can be made, each consisting of 3 consonants and 2 vowels, is
  1. 24800
  2. 25100
  3. 25200
  4. 25400

Solution

3 consonants can be selected from 7 consonante $={ }^{7} C_{3} \text { ways }$ 2 vowels can be selected from 4 vowels $={ }^{4} C_{2} \text { ways }$ $\therefore$ Required number of words $={ }^{7} C_{3} \times{ }^{4} C_{2} \times 5 !$ [selected 5 letters can be arrange in $51,$ so got, a different words] $=35 \times 6 \times 120=25200$

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