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PROBLEM 221

The Sudoku Jr. puzzle is a 4 ´ 4 array where each row, each column, and each 2 ´ 2 corner square contains the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 exactly once; see an example on the left.  How many distinct Sudoku Jr. puzzles are there?  

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