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A child has 6 pockets and 4 coins.Find the number of ways the child can put the coins in the pocket.

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The child can put the first coin in any of the 6 pockets and the second coin also may put in any of the 6 pockets. So, combining these two cases, the child has option in `6xx6` ways. Similarly considering third and fourth coins the child has total options =`6xx6xx6xx.6=1296` ways.
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