The English alphabet has 21 consonants and 5 vowels. How many words

Question:

The English alphabet has 21 consonants and 5 vowels. How many words with two different consonants and three different vowels can be formed from the alphabet?

Solution:

2 consonants out of 21 consonants can be chosen in ${ }^{21} C_{2}$ ways. 3 vowels out of 5 vowels can be chosen in ${ }^{5} C_{3}$ ways. Length of the word is $=(2+3)=5$ And also 5

 

 

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