How many words, with or without meaning, can be formed by using all the letters of the word ‘DELHI’, using each letter exactly once?
Given: the total number of letters in ‘DELHI’ = 5
To find: Number of words, with or without meanings using all the letters of the word like eldhi or dehil etc.
Formula used:
Number of arrangements of n things taken all at a time = P(n, n)
∴ The total number of ways in which this can be done
= the number of arrangements of 5 things taken all at a time
= P(5, 5)
{∵ 0! = 1}
= 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1
= 120
Hence, number of words, with or without meanings using all the letters of the word ‘DELHI’ are 120