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Fundamental Principle of Counting

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The number of ways in which three letters can be posted in five letter boxes, is __________.

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Since each letter has 5 options each
∴ number of ways in which three letters can be posted in five letter boxes is 5 × 5 × 5
= 53 = 5³

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