2023 AMC 10A Problem 20


Each square in a 3×33\times3 grid of squares is colored red, white, blue, or green so that every 2×22\times2 square contains one square of each color. One such coloring is shown on the right below. How many different colorings are possible?


(A) 24(B) 48(C) 60(D) 72(E) 96\textbf{(A) }24\qquad\textbf{(B) }48\qquad\textbf{(C) }60\qquad\textbf{(D) }72\qquad\textbf{(E) }96

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