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In how many different ways can the letters of the word 'RUMOUR' be arranged?

128
130
180
200
Explanation:

The word 'RUMOUR' has 6 letters.

In these 6 letters, 'R' occurs 2 times, 'U' occurs 2 times and rest of the letters are different.

Hence, number of ways to arrange these letters

=$\dfrac{6!}{\left(2!\right)\left(2!\right)}$

=$\dfrac{6\times5\times4\times3\times2\times1}{\left(2\times1\right)\left(2\times1\right)}$

=180

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