SOLUTION: A father has 12 different gifts and 4 daughters. How many ways can he give a gift to each daughter?

Question 1117865: A father has 12 different gifts and 4 daughters. How many ways can he give a gift to each
daughter?
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, ikleyn:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A father has 12 different gifts and 4 daughters. How many ways can he give a gift to each daughter?
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The 1st gets 1 of 12.
Then 1 of 11, of 10, and of 9.
---> 12*11*10*9 = 11880 ways
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Notice that the gifts are different ! 1-st gift goes to any of 4 daughters: 4 options. 2-nd gift goes to any of 4 daughters: 4 options. 3-rd gift goes to any of 4 daughters: 4 options. 4-th gift goes to any of 4 daughters: 4 options. . . . and so on . . . 12-th gift goes to any of 4 daughters: 4 options. In all, there are options.

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Not very fair way to distribute the gifts among the daughters ?

If you think so, then change the condition of the problem.

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