SOLUTION: There are 12 color pencils in different colors. If the 4 boxes are filled with different colors, how many different patterns can be formed? (Each box can only be filled with one co

Question 1175187: There are 12 color pencils in different colors. If the 4 boxes are filled with different colors, how many different patterns can be formed? (Each box can only be filled with one color.)
Answer by ikleyn(52835) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Each pattern is an ORDERED sequence of colors.

Therefore, the answer to the problem's question is

12*11*10*9 = 11880 different patterns.

Ordering is important, so we use PERMUTATIONS, not combinations.

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