A certain company assigns employees to offices in such a way that some of the offices can be empty and more than one employee can be assigned to an office. In how many ways can the company assign 2 employees to 4 different offices?	Choose the most appropriate option:
A) 16	B) 6	C) 7	D) 8	E) 9
Ans. Each employee can go into any of the two offices. Thus we have   =&gt; 4* 4= 
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16   16nswer : 16
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A certain company assigns employees to offices in such a way that some of the offices can be empty and more than one employee can be assigned to an office. In how many ways can the company assign 2 employees to 4 different offices?