Question

what is the rank of banana in dictionary

Answer 1

Let us arrange as AAABNN

Words starting with A is 5!/2! 2! = 30

Words starting with B is 5!/3! 2! = 10

Words starting with BAA is 3!/2! = 3

Words starting with BAN can be done in 2 ways, that is BANANA and BANAAN = 2

Therefore 30 + 3+ 2 = 35 ways

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Answer 2

The rank of banana in dictionary is as follows:

Step-by-step explanation:

Let’s arrange the word alphabetically: AAABNN

Total no. of words can be formed=6! /3!2! = 720/12= 60

No of words staring form the letter A= 5! /2!2! = 30

No of words starting form the letter B =10

Hence, we can say that the word banana lies between 30 to 40

The words which are starting with BAA= 3

And the possibility of last two words are 1. BANAAN

                                                                          2. BANANA

Adding all the values we get: 30+3+2=35

Therefore, banana in the dictionary have the 35th rank.