Question

Find the number of words



a.With or without meaning which can be made by using all the letters of the word 'ganga'.



b.If these words are written as in a dictionary what will be the 26th word?

Answer 1

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There are total 5 letters , of which A occur two times and G occur 2 times

Therefore , The number of permutations starting with A is 4! i.e 24

Thus , 25th word will be start from G i.e GGAAN

By rearranging according to the dictionary , we get

$\to$ The 26th word will be GGANA

Hence , the 26th word is GGANA

Answer 2

Thus four new words can be made from the word "Ganga".

Explanation:

Find the number of words

a.With or without meaning which can be made by using all the letters of the word 'ganga'.

Now the main word is "Ganga".

The other words that can be made by using the letters are

• Nagag

• Gaang

• Gagna

• Ganag

Thus four new words can be made from the word "Ganga".