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Find number of ways to worn 6 different rings in 3 fingers

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gmat2me2

Mar 19, 2005





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How many ways 6 rings can be worn in 4 fingers? Please explain.

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banerjeea_98

Mar 19, 2005

each ring has a choice of 4 fingers, so no of ways.....4^6

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kapslock

Mar 20, 2005

gmat2me2 wrote:How many ways 6 rings can be worn in 4 fingers? Please explain.



Baner's answer assumes any finger can have any number of rings (which is perfect, since no restriction has been specified in the question) 

Try the following interesting variations: 

1) How many ways 6 rings can be worn in 4 fingers when a finger can have a maximum of 2 rings? 
2) How many ways 6 rings can be worn in 4 fingers when a finger can have a maximum of 3 rings and each finger must have at least 1 ring? 
3) How many ways 6 rings can be worn in 4 fingers when at least 3 fingers should have rings and any finger can't have more than 2 rings? 

I don't know the actual answers, so would post the answers I calculate in a while.

Answer 2

Answer:

729

Step-by-step explanation:

3^6