(5) There are 8 letters in theword ‘SOFTWARE’, including 3vowels (O, A, E) and 5 consonants(S, F, T, W, R). Considering three vowels asone letter, we have six letterswhich can be arranged in 6P6 =6! ways. But corresponding toeach way of these arrangements,the vowels can be puttogether in 3! ways. ∴ Required number of words = 6! × 3! = 4320