A square marked 1, 2, 3 and 4 on its four sides. Four colors pink, purple,brown and yellow are used to paint the four sides of the square. If the adjacent sides are painted with the different colors, in how many ways can the sides be painted?	Choices
A) 4	B) 12	C) 9	D) 27	E) 6
If the base of the square is pink, then in order the adjacent faces to be painted with the different colors, the top must also be pink. 4 side faces can be painted in Brown-Purple-yellow Brown-Purple-Yellow OR Purple-yellow- Brown-Purple-yellow- Brown (2 options).   But we can have the base painted in either of the four colors, thus the total number of ways to paint the square is 2*2= 
<gadget id="calculator">2*2</gadget>
<output>4</output>
4.   4nswer: 4.
<result>A</result>
A square marked 1, 2, 3 and 4 on its four sides. Four colors pink, purple,brown and yellow are used to paint the four sides of the square. If the adjacent sides are painted with the different colors, in how many ways can the sides be painted?