CAT Quantitative Ability Questions | CAT Permutation, Combination and Probability questions
Comprehension
Directions for questions: Read the information given below and answer the questions that follow :
A string of three English letters is formed as per the following rules :
(a) The first letter is any vowel.
(b) The second letter is m, n or p
(c) If the second letter is m then the third letter is any vowel which is different from the first letter
(d) If the second letter is n then the third letter is e or u.
(e) If second letter is p then the third letter is the same as the first letter
CAT/2003
Question . 32
How many strings of letters can possibly be formed using the above rules such that the third letter of the string is e?
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Method of solving this CAT Quantitative Ability Question from Permutation, Combination and Probability question
(c)Taking the 3 cases as above no. of strings = 4 + 5 + 1 = 10