If the letters of the word BELOW are arranged in a row in all possible ways and the arrangements are listed in alphabetical order as in a dictionary, then the rank of the word ELBOW is:
Explanation:
Letters when arranged in alphabetical order – B, E, L, O, W
To reach till the word ELBOW, we will consider all the words coming before it in alphabetical order.
Number of words starting with B = 4! = 24
Number of words starting with EB = 3! = 6
The next word will be E L B O W
∴ ELBOW will be the (24 + 6 + 1 =) 31st word.
Hence, option (c).
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