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Question
In how many ways can 4 letters be posted in 5 letter boxes?
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Solution
Each of the letter can be posted in anyone of the letter boxes.
This means that every letter can be posted in 5 ways.
∴ Total number of ways of posting 4 letters = `5xx5xx5xx5=5^4`
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