A man went to market to buy some Diwali sweets. The shop keeper said him that he will give him a discount of as many rupee as many words can be formed by the letters of the word DIWALI. Calculate total amount the man has to pay to purchase 5 kg sweets at a rate of 580 rupee/kg.

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10 Nov 2011 Diwali A man went to market to buy some Diwali sweets. The shop keeper said him that he will give him a discount of as many rupee as many words can be formed by the letters of the word DIWALI. Calculate total amount the man has to pay to purchase 5 kg sweets at a rate of 580 rupee/kg.: OPtion
1) 2900
2) 2780
3) 2680
4) 2540
5) 2660
6) 2460
7) 2770
8) 2280
9) 2190
10) none of these; Correct Option: 4 Best Solution (7)

Balakumaran N.A 12 years AGO

words formed in 6! / 2! ways (I repeated in DIWALI)...
so, total amount 2900-360=2540.

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Dr.Dipin Singh 12 years AGO

580*5 - 6!/2 = 2900-360= 2540

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Honey Goel 12 years AGO

total words=6!/2!=360
cost=(580x5)-360=2540

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Gunaseelan 12 years AGO

Total no of words formed by using the word DIWALI
=6!/2!
=360
Amount to pay=(580*5)-360
=2540

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Sanjana Patnaik 12 years AGO

"DIWALI" WORD CAN BE FORMED IN 360 WAYS(6!/2!).
HENCE THE TOTAL AMT.HE HAS TO PAY IS Rs.2540(580*5-360)

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Manish Vazirani 12 years AGO

Total no. of words that can be formed with the word DIWALI= 6!/2!= 360= Discount
Total cost of sweets= 580*5= 2900/-
Hence, net cost of sweets= 2900-360= 2540/-

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sankha chowdhury 12 years AGO

no. of arrangement of words in DIWALI=6!/2!(I 2 times)=360.
again,580*5=2900.
so,man has 2 pay=2900-360=2540.

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