How many arrangements of the word BEGIN are there which starts with a vowel?

2 answers

3!2!1!=12 ways to arrange that.
no

XYYYY , where X is the vowel, Y can be anything else

number of ways = (2)(4!) = 48

e.g.
E(BGIN) - one of the 24 ways to arrange BGIN
I(GBEN) - one of the 24 ways to arrange GBEN