Two wizards independently try mixing all four elements water,air,fire,earth in every possible order to create a spell. After all attempts fail, how many attempts has each wizard made?
There are 4!=4·3·2·1=24 permutations of four distinct elements. Each wizard independently tries every permutation, so the answer per wizard is **24, A**.
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