In the local boating pond there are 11 plain wooden boats, each with a different number. The owner decides that some of these boats will be painted:

Question

one in blue, one in green, one in red, and one in orange and the remaining are left unpainted. How many ways are there to paint the boats?
I've got 44, is this correct?

Answer 1

There are 11P4 ways to pick the pained boats.