SOLUTION: An electrician must connect a red, a white and a black wire to a yellow, a blue, and a green wire in some order. How many different connnections are possible?

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Question 44683: An electrician must connect a red, a white and a black wire to a yellow, a blue, and a green wire in some order. How many different connnections are possible?
Answer by josmiceli(6786) About Me  (Show Source):
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red OR black OR white to yellow
for each of these possible colors,
there are 2 remaining possible to
connect to blue.
2 + 2 + 2 = 6 so far
Once these connections are made, there is
only 1 possible color to connect to green
B B R R W W - Y
R W B W B R - B
W R W B R B - G
6 x 1 = 6 possible