Multiple choice

How many different word can be formed from the letters of the word GANESHPURI when the letter P and I respectively occupy the first and the last places?

  1. 8 ! 2 !

  2. 8!

  3. 9!

  4. 10 ! 2 !

  5. 10!
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Explanation

GANESHPURI has 10 letters. P is fixed at index 1, I is fixed at index 10. Remaining 8 letters (G, A, N, E, S, H, U, R) can be arranged in 8! ways.

AI explanation

The word GANESHPURI has 10 distinct letters, and fixing P at the beginning and I at the end leaves 8 remaining positions. The 8 distinct letters can be arranged in these 8 positions using the factorial method in 8! ways. The result is 8!.

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