Coloring Pyramid Edges

Problem

The $8$ edges of a regular quadrilateral pyramid $P\text{-}ABCD$ are colored using $6$ different colors, so that the edges meeting at each vertex all have different colors. Find the number of coloring schemes.

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Solution

Difficulty	7/10
Topics	combinatorics, Counting, Casework

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