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Exercise 2.4

 (10) How many ways can the letters of the word 'BANANA' be arranged so that 

(i) all A's come together

(ii) no two A's come together

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Detailed Solution

In the word 
BANANA
total no.of letters =6
no.of A's =3 
NO.OF n's = 2

(i)all A's come together

Consider (AAA) as one unit

(A,A,A),N,N,B can be arranged in 4!2!=12 ways

(ii)

no two A 's come togeter

---B--N--N--- can be arranged in 3!2!=3
there are 4 places for arrangeing 3 A 's
A,A,A cna be arranged in 4 places in P3   43!=4 ways
no.of permutations =3 x 4 =12 

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