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The number of ways in which the letters of the word ARTICLE can be arranged so that even places are always occupied by consonants is


We have, 7 objects {A}, {R}, {T}, {I}, {C}, {L}, {E} and there are 4 consonants {R}, {T}, {C}, {L}; and the 3 out of 4 of the consonants should occupy even places i.e. 2, 4 and 6th place, this can be done in


= 24 ways.



And, the other 4 alphabets i.e. the remaining 1 consonant and 3 vowels is to be placed in 4 places in 4P4 = 4! = 24 ways.


So, the number The number of ways in which the letters of the word ARTICLE can be arranged so that even places are always occupied by consonants is


= 576.

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