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If all the words (with or without meaning ) having five letters formed using the letters of the word "SMALL and arranged as ina dictionary , then the position of the word  "SMALL" is

Answer:

Explanation:

Clearly , number of words start with $A=\frac{4!}{2!}=12$

  Number of words start with =4!=24

Number of words start with= $\frac{4!}{2!}=12$

 Numer of start with = $\frac{3!}{2!}=3$

 Numer of words stsrt with  = 3!=6

Note that  next word will be "SMALL"

  Hence , the position of word  'SMALL" is 58th