Q.

How many ways can the letters of the word BANANA be arranged so that “All the A’s come together”

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a

14

b

16

c

12

d

10

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

Given word BANANA

Given word contains 6 letters in which 3A’s are alike 2N’s are alike and one B.

Treat the 3A’s as one unit. Then we have 3+1=4 entities in which 2N’s are alike and rest are different.

They can be arranged in 4!2! ways.

The 3A’s among themselves can be arranged in 3!3!=1 way

 The number of required arrangements =4!2!×1

=12

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