CAIE S1 2013 November — Question 6

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2013
SessionNovember
TopicPermutations & Arrangements
TypeArrangements with grouped categories

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  1. Find the number of different ways that the 9 letters of the word AGGREGATE can be arranged in a line if the first letter is \(R\).
  2. Find the number of different ways that the 9 letters of the word AGGREGATE can be arranged in a line if the 3 letters G are together, both letters A are together and both letters E are together.
  3. The letters G, R and T are consonants and the letters A and E are vowels. Find the number of different ways that the 9 letters of the word AGGREGATE can be arranged in a line if consonants and vowels occur alternately.
  4. Find the number of different selections of 4 letters of the word AGGREGATE which contain exactly 2 Gs or exactly 3 Gs.