a) The four nucleotides A,T,C,G are shuffled in a random order and put in a row.  How many possible orderings are there?  b) Now there are six nucleotides:  A,A,C,C,C,C and they are shuffled and put into a row.  How many possible orderings are there?

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a) The four nucleotides A,T,C,G are shuffled in a random order and put in a row.  How many possible orderings are there? 

b) Now there are six nucleotides:  A,A,C,C,C,C and they are shuffled and put into a row.  How many possible orderings are there?

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