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The letters of the word BRONZE are written in all possible orders. How many words are possible? If these words are written out in a dictionary what is the rank of the word BRONZE?

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No. of words starting with BE=4! (RONZ arranged)
Similarly words starting with BN=4!
BO=4!
Then comes BR
Now words starting with BRE=3!
BRN=3!
They comes BRO
Words starting with BROE=2!
Words starting with BRONE=1
Then come BRONZE, the required word
RANK=4!+4! +4!+3!+3!+2!+2!+1+1
=72+12+2+2
RANK=86
Rank is 86

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