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The number of 7letter words that can be formed using letters from A to G which neither contains the set CAD , BEG.

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12 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Bhartesh Mishra
12 Years ago

total no. of words that can be formed using A to G = 7p7 = 7!
taking CAD as a single element, the no. of words containing the set is = 5! (the 5 elements can be arranged in 5p5 ways)

similarly going for the set BEG , no. of words = 5!

hence total no. of words = 7! - 2(5!) = 4800