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In how many different ways can the letters of the word MATHEMATICS be arranged so that the vowels always come together?
Answer: Option C
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In the word 'MATHEMATICS', we treat the vowels AEAI as one letter.
Thus, we have MTHMTCS (AEAI).
Now, we have to arrange 8 letters, out of which M occurs twice, T occurs twice and the rest are different.
So, Number of ways of arranging these letters = \(\frac{8!}{(2!)(2!)} = 10080.\)
Now, AEAI has 4 letters in which A occurs 2 times and the rest are different.
Number of ways of arranging these letters = \(\frac{4!}{2!}= 12\)
So, Required number of words = (10080 x 12) = 120960.
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