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Imagine 2 sets of 6 wires. How would I find how many possible connections there are?

Every wire must be used to be considered a connection.

//1st set ABCDEF GHIJKL  //2nd set ABCDEF HGIJKL  //visual layout of situation 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 

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I am not sure what you meant by the sets of wires, but assuming you have two stacks of six pieces of wires, like:

  • 1st: A,B,C,D,E,F
  • 2nd: G,H,I,J,K,L

Then A can be connected to 6 pieces (G,H,I,J,K,L), B to 5 (G,H,I,J,K,L except for one) and so on, so the answer could be 6!=720.

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    @Braden: Also look up permutations.2011-01-14