A child has four pockets and three marbles. In how many ways can the child put the marbles in its pockets?
A
64 ways
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B
32 ways
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C
16 ways
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D
8ways
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Solution
The correct option is A64 ways The child has 4 choices of pockets to put the first marble. Similarly he has 4 choices for the second and third marble. Hence the total number of ways are 4×4×4=64.