A sock drawer contains seven socks, each one a different solid color. The colors of the socks are black,red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. A person reaches into the drawer, pulls out two socks, and puts a single sock on each foot. If each sock can fit either the left or the right foot, and if it matters whether a particular sock is on the left or the right foot, how many different sock fashion combinations could the person make from the eight socks? Choose the correct option:
A) 12
B) 15
C) 21
D) 36
E) 56
It's a question of permutation since order matters here ....   It can be deduced to-   8P2 = 8!/6! = 8*7= 
<gadget id="calculator">8*7</gadget>
<output>56</output>
56 .........Answer is - 56
<result>E</result>
A sock drawer contains seven socks, each one a different solid color. The colors of the socks are black,red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. A person reaches into the drawer, pulls out two socks, and puts a single sock on each foot. If each sock can fit either the left or the right foot, and if it matters whether a particular sock is on the left or the right foot, how many different sock fashion combinations could the person make from the eight socks?