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I am not sure what i am doing wrong.
5 ways to choose a vowel. 2 vowels allowed -> 5*5 = 25
21 ways to choose a consonant. y cannot be chosen. 20 ways to choose. 2 consonants allowed -> 20*20.

Brining it all together -> 5*5*20*20 = 10,000
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I am not sure what i am doing wrong.
5 ways to choose a vowel. 2 vowels allowed -> 5*5 = 25
21 ways to choose a consonant. y cannot be chosen. 20 ways to choose. 2 consonants allowed -> 20*20.

Brining it all together -> 5*5*20*20 = 10,000


mehrotrayashraj your are conisdering "ae and ea" to be different.. the question stem say, different groups,, in group of "a,e, p,m" is same as "e,a,p,m".

in short u have used permutations,, which is not required here
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it's merely a selection problem:
no. of different ways of selecting 4 letters as per question would be (10c2+5)*(20c2+20)=15*210=3150-> option D ; I have consider the repetitive part and the non-repetitive part of each type i.e vowels and consonant type and the total no. of selections is the product of the no. of selections of these two types.

I think you mean 5c2
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it's merely a selection problem:
no. of different ways of selecting 4 letters as per question would be (10c2+5)*(20c2+20)=15*210=3150-> option D ; I have consider the repetitive part and the non-repetitive part of each type i.e vowels and consonant type and the total no. of selections is the product of the no. of selections of these two types.

I think you mean 5c2

phew! be to that typo yar but rest of the calculation was correct.Any way i do stand corrected
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Using the standard 26-letter alphabet, how many different groups of 4 letters are possible, if exactly two letters are chosen from a, e, i, o ,u and two letters are chosen from all the remaing letters except for y, and a letter can be used more than once?

A. 500
B. 1900
C. 2500
D. 3150
E. 6300

Note -As it says group assuming that the arrangement doesn't matter

group with both repetitive consonants and vowels = 4C1*20C1 = 80
group with repetitive consonants and non repetitive vowels = 20C1* 5C2 = 200
group with repetitive vowels and non repetitive consonants = 21C2* 4C1 = 840
group with both non repetitive consonants and vowels = 21C2*5C2 = 2100
total = 3220
Can anyone pls tell me where I went wrong :(
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Using the standard 26-letter alphabet, how many different groups of 4 letters are possible, if exactly two letters are chosen from a, e, i, o ,u and two letters are chosen from all the remaing letters except for y, and a letter can be used more than once?

A. 500
B. 1900
C. 2500
D. 3150
E. 6300

Note -As it says group assuming that the arrangement doesn't matter

group with both repetitive consonants and vowels = 4C1*20C1 = 80 ==> should be 5C1*20C1
group with repetitive consonants and non repetitive vowels = 20C1* 5C2 = 200
group with repetitive vowels and non repetitive consonants = 21C2* 4C1 = 840 ==> should be 20C2* 5C1
group with both non repetitive consonants and vowels = 21C2*5C2 = 2100 ==> should be 20C2*5C2
total = 3220
Can anyone pls tell me where I went wrong :(

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Using the standard 26-letter alphabet, how many different groups of 4 letters are possible, if exactly two letters are chosen from a, e, i, o ,u and two letters are chosen from all the remaing letters except for y, and a letter can be used more than once?

A. 500
B. 1900
C. 2500
D. 3150
E. 6300


Since the order doesn’t matter and the letter can be repeated, the number of ways to choose 2 vowels is 5C2 + 5C1 = 10 + 5 = 15. (Notice that 5C2 is the number of ways to choose 2 vowels if they are different and 5C1 is the number of ways to choose 2 vowels if they are the same.)

Similarly, the number of ways to choose 2 non-y consonants is 20C2 + 20C1 = 190 + 20 = 210.

Thus, the number of ways to choose 2 vowels and 2 non-y consonants is 15 x 210 = 3150.

Answer: D

Hi, I can't get the reason for 2 vowels we use 5C2 + 5C1 = 10 + 5 = 15. I think even if a could not be repeated we would use 5C2*2! or in other words 5х4 (5 options for the first letter and 4 options for the second letter in the word).
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Why are we adding 5C2 and 5C1... Doesn't 5C2 mean a combination of two letters from 5 total options?
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Hi everyone, can someone help me to explain why it's 20C2? I thought it's supposed to be 23C2 (as y and a can be used more than once so only e, o, u are not counted).

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Using the standard 26-letter alphabet, how many different groups of 4 letters are possible, if exactly two letters are chosen from a, e, i, o ,u and two letters are chosen from all the remaing letters except for y, and a letter can be used more than once?

A. 500
B. 1900
C. 2500
D. 3150
E. 6300

Did anyone else think that the question is saying that only one of the letters could be repeated? It seems that the answer is saying both letters from a,e,i,o,u and the remaining letters except y can both be repeated.
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Using the standard 26-letter alphabet, how many different groups of 4 letters are possible, if exactly two letters are chosen from a, e, i, o ,u and two letters are chosen from all the remaing letters except for y, and a letter can be used more than once?

A. 500
B. 1900
C. 2500
D. 3150
E. 6300


Since the order doesn’t matter and the letter can be repeated, the number of ways to choose 2 vowels is 5C2 + 5C1 = 10 + 5 = 15. (Notice that 5C2 is the number of ways to choose 2 vowels if they are different and 5C1 is the number of ways to choose 2 vowels if they are the same.)

Similarly, the number of ways to choose 2 non-y consonants is 20C2 + 20C1 = 190 + 20 = 210.

Thus, the number of ways to choose 2 vowels and 2 non-y consonants is 15 x 210 = 3150.

Answer: D

Hi! Why have you taken "20" C2? there are 26 letters in total to choose from?
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