Jamboree and GMAT Club Contest Starts

Jamboree and GMAT Club Contest Starts QUESTION #10: How many words (with or without meaning)Q can be formed using all the letters of the word “SELFIE” so that the two E’s are not together?

Quiz

Answer/Solution

240

Steps/Work

In general, repetitions are taken care of by dividing the permutation by the factorial of the number of objects that are identical. in this case,Q if you think logically, A,B,C,D options are not divisible by 6!. 6 is total number of letters in the word SELFIE. Only option E is divisible by 6!. So correct answer is E that is 240