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Karl wants to custom order 4 collars for his 4 unique cats. A custom ordered col

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Question

Karl wants to custom order 4 collars for his 4 unique cats. A custom ordered collar is tailor fitted to a pet and comes in a choice of 9 different colors. How many selections of collars for the 4 cats are possible if repetitions of colors are allowed? Karl wants to custom order 4 collars for his 4 unique cats. A custom ordered collar is tailor fitted to a pet and comes in a choice of 9 different colors. How many selections of collars for the 4 cats are possible if repetitions of colors are allowed?

Explanation / Answer

4 collars for 4 unique cats.

There are 9 different colours.

First cat can have any of the 9 colours = 9 ways

SEcond also has 9 choices, hence total ways

= 9x9x9x9 = 6561 ways.