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In how many ways are the letters of the word DOCUMENT arranged so that all the vowels always come together?

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✅ Correct Option: 2

The word DOCUMENT has the following letters:

Vowels: O, U, E (3 vowels)

Consonants: D, C, M, N, T (5 consonants)


Since all vowels must come together, treat the vowels (O, U, E) as one single block.

This gives:

1 vowel block (OUE) + 5 consonants (D, C, M, N, T) = 6 units to arrange


The 6 units can be arranged in:

6!=6×5×4×3×2×16! = 6 \times 5 \times 4 \times 3 \times 2 \times 1

=720= 720 ways


Within the vowel block, the 3 vowels can be arranged among themselves in:

3!=3×2×13! = 3 \times 2 \times 1

=6= 6 ways


Total arrangements = (Ways to arrange the 6 units) ×\times (Ways to arrange vowels within the block)

Total =6!×3!= 6! \times 3!

=720×6= 720 \times 6

=4320= 4320

Therefore, the letters of DOCUMENT can be arranged in 4320 ways with all vowels together.

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