The letters of the word EARLY are permuted and all the permutations are arranged in an alphabetical order as in an English dictionary. The number of words that appear before the word EARLY is

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The letters of the word EARLY are permuted and all the permutations are arranged in an alphabetical order as in an English dictionary. The number of words that appear before the word EARLY is (A) 25 (B) 26 (C) 27 (D) 28

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A E L R Y A = 4! = 24 E A L = 2! = 02 E A R L Y = 1 = 01 = 27. The number of words before EARLY = 27 - 1 = 26.

Q. The letters of the word EARLY are permuted and all the permutations are arranged in an alphabetical order as in an English dictionary. The number of words that appear before the word EARLY is

25

26

27

28

A E L R Y
A _ _ _ _ $= 4! = 24$
E A L _ _ $= 2! = 02$
E A R L Y $= 1 = 01$
$= 27.$
The number of words before EARLY $= 27 - 1 = 26$ .

Q. The letters of the word EARLY are permuted and all the permutations are arranged in an alphabetical order as in an English dictionary. The number of words that appear before the word EARLY is

25

26

27

28

A E L R Y A _ _ _ _ =4!=24 E A L _ _ =2!=02 E A R L Y =1=01 =27. The number of words before EARLY =27−1=26.

A E L R Y
A _ _ _ _ $= 4! = 24$
E A L _ _ $= 2! = 02$
E A R L Y $= 1 = 01$
$= 27.$
The number of words before EARLY $= 27 - 1 = 26$ .