Q.

The number of ways five alphabets can be chosen from the alphabets of the word MATHEMATICS, where the chosen alphabets are not necessarily distinct, is equal to                     [2024]

1 175  
2 181  
3 179  
4 177  

Ans.

(3)

We have, MMAATTHEICS

Case-I : All distinct =C58=56

Case-II : 2 identical + 3 distinct =C1×C3=10573

Case-III : 2 identical + 2 identical + 1 distinct =C2×C16=183

Hence, total number of ways = 56 + 105 + 18 = 179