The letters
Probability
Level
3
There are 5 letters and 4 letter boxes. Find the number of ways to post the letters.
The answer is 1024.
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1 solution
Each of the 5 letters can go to any of the 4 letter boxes so we have a total of 4^5 =1024 ways.