In how many different ways can the letters of the word CORPORATION be arranged so that the vowels always come together?
In the word CORPORATION, we treat the vowels OOAIO as one letter.
Thus, we have CRPRTN [OOAIO].
This has 7 [6 + 1] letters of which R occurs 2 times and the rest are different.
Number of ways arranging these letters =$ \dfrac{7!}{2!} $= 2520. |
Now, 5 vowels in which O occurs 3 times and the rest are different, can be arranged
in$ \dfrac{5!}{3!} $= 20 ways. |
$\therefore$ Required number of ways = $\left(2520 \times 20\right)$ = 50400.