All the letters of the word PUBLIC are written in all possible orders and these words are written as in a dictionary with serial numbers. Then the serial number of the word PUBLIC is [2023]
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No. of words formed when word starts from B = 5!
No. of words formed when word starts from C = 5!
No. of words formed when word starts from I = 5!
No. of words formed when word starts from L = 5!
No. of words formed when word starts from PB = 4!
No. of words formed when word starts from PC = 4!
No. of words formed when word starts from PI = 4!
No. of words formed when word starts from PL = 4!
No. of words formed when word starts from PUBC = 2!
No. of words formed when word starts from PUBI = 2!
No. of words formed when word starts from PUBLC = 1
Now, the word comes is PUBLIC = 1
∴ Serial number of word PUBLIC
= 4 × 5! + 4 × 4! + 2 × 2! + 1 + 1 = 582