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The letters of the word 'RANDOM' are written in all possible orders and these words are written out as in dictionary. Find the rank of the word 'RANDOM'.

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To find the rank of the word "RANDOM" when all its letters are arranged in alphabetical order, we can follow these steps: ### Step 1: Identify the letters and their order The letters in "RANDOM" are A, D, M, N, O, R. Arranging them in alphabetical order gives us: A, D, M, N, O, R. ### Step 2: Count the arrangements starting with letters before 'R' 1. **Words starting with 'A':** - Remaining letters: D, M, N, O, R - Number of arrangements = 5! = 120 2. **Words starting with 'D':** - Remaining letters: A, M, N, O, R - Number of arrangements = 5! = 120 3. **Words starting with 'M':** - Remaining letters: A, D, N, O, R - Number of arrangements = 5! = 120 4. **Words starting with 'N':** - Remaining letters: A, D, M, O, R - Number of arrangements = 5! = 120 5. **Words starting with 'O':** - Remaining letters: A, D, M, N, R - Number of arrangements = 5! = 120 ### Step 3: Count the arrangements starting with 'R' Now we focus on words starting with 'R'. 1. **Fix 'R' and consider the next letter:** - The next letter must be 'A' (the only letter before D, M, N, O): - Remaining letters: D, M, N, O 2. **Fix 'RA' and consider the next letter:** - The next letter can be 'D': - Remaining letters: M, N, O - Number of arrangements = 3! = 6 3. **Fix 'RAD' and consider the next letter:** - The next letter can be 'M': - Remaining letters: N, O - Number of arrangements = 2! = 2 4. **Fix 'RAM' and consider the next letter:** - The next letter can be 'N': - Remaining letters: O - Number of arrangements = 1! = 1 5. **Fix 'RAN' and consider the next letter:** - The next letter must be 'D': - Remaining letters: O, M - Number of arrangements = 2! = 2 6. **Fix 'RAND' and consider the next letter:** - The next letter must be 'O': - Remaining letter: M - Number of arrangements = 1! = 1 ### Step 4: Total the arrangements Now we can sum all the arrangements: - Words starting with 'A': 120 - Words starting with 'D': 120 - Words starting with 'M': 120 - Words starting with 'N': 120 - Words starting with 'O': 120 - Words starting with 'RA': 6 - Words starting with 'RAD': 2 - Words starting with 'RAM': 1 - Words starting with 'RAN': 2 - Words starting with 'RAND': 1 Total = 120 + 120 + 120 + 120 + 120 + 6 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 1 = 614 ### Conclusion The rank of the word "RANDOM" is **614**. ---
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