A process layout problem consists of 4 departments,each of which can be assigned to one of four rooms.The number of different solutions to this problem is ________,although all of them may not have different material handling costs.
A)1
B)4
C)16
D)24
E)unknown

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The number of different solutions is the number of permutations of 4 departments, which is 4! (4 factorial), equal to 24.

A Process Layout Problem Consists of 4 Departments,each of Which