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Question
Find the number of ways in which one can post 5 letters in 7 letter boxes ?
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Solution
Each of the 5 letters can be posted in any one of the 7 letter boxes.
∴ Required number of ways of posting the letters = `7xx7xx7xx7xx7=7^5`
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