The number of ways in which the word "APPLE" can be arranged, is:

The correct answer is Option (2) → 60

APPLE has 5 letters, but P appears twice. Swapping the two P’s gives the same word, so every arrangement of 5 different letters is counted twice, and the total is divided by \(2!\).

• Arrangements if all 5 letters were different: \(5!=120\)

• Number of different words \(\displaystyle =\frac{5!}{2!}=\frac{120}{2}=\) 60