letters of word WOMAN r written in all possible orders n these words r written out as in a dictionary then the rank of the word WOMAN is

• shortcut method to find the rank::
  first write the given word in alpha order.....> a m n o w
  step 1) mark the letter w; now we have 4 letters(a m n o) are left side to it and 4 letters present of all excluding it 'w'
  then count 4*fact(4)=96
  2) now mark the letter o ; now we have 3 letters are left side to it(excluding w and o) and 3 letters remaining(sum of letters left or right; here its 3)
  then count 3*fact(3)=18
  3) mark m; in the same way as above; count 1*fact(2)=2
  4) mark a; ........................ count 0*fact(1)=0
  5) mark n;...........................count 0*fact(0)=0
  sum all the above counts and finally add 1 to get the rank
  rank==96+18+2+1=117
• 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(44) No(21)
• Do it in descending order of alphabets
  1-WONMA
  2-WONAM
  3-WOMNA
  4-WOMAN ----> THIS WORD WE WANT. NOW WOMAN CAN BE WRITTEN IN 5!=120. SO RANK OF WOMAN IS 120-3=117.
• 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(28) No(13)
• A----=4!
  M----=4!
  N----=4!
  0----=4!
  WA---=3!
  wM---=3!
  wN---=3!
  w0A--=2!
  add all+1
  Woman=112
• 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(9) No(30)