number of ways that two letters can be selected from {A, B, C, D} if order in the sample is to be considered. List the possible samples. Your answer is wrong because you cannot duplicate a member of a set, such as AA. There is but one A to choose. The permutations are AB AC AD BA BC BD CA CB CD DA DB DC 4 place 2. Permutations of 4 things taken two at a time. Edwin