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A delivery boy wants to get delivered 12 parcels to 12 different addresses. In the hotel, there are 3 delivery boys then in how many ways can the manager send the parcels to different addresses through the delivery boy?

Option: 1

655361


Option: 2

531441


Option: 3

723461

 


Option: 4

435691


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Since there are three delivery boys, the first parcel can be assigned to any one of them in three ways. 

Similarly, the second parcel can be assigned to any one of them in three ways, and so on.

Therefore, the number of ways to assign the 12 parcels to the 3 delivery boys is given by,

3^{12}=531441

Hence, there are 531441 different ways to assign the parcels to the delivery boys.

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