Jordan visits a game shop to purchase 2 action figures and 2 unique puzzles. If the shop has 4 varieties of action figures and 5 varieties of puzzles, how many distinct combinations of the 4 items can Jordan create?

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The number of ways to select 2 action figures from 4 is given by

\frac{4!}{2!2!} = 6

. The number of ways to choose 2 different puzzles from…

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What this question tests

Whether you can count arrangements and selections correctly — permutations vs. combinations.

Overcounting: treating a selection as ordered when order does not matter, or forgetting to divide by duplicates.