Colored bottles

Discrete Mathematics Level 2

You have 3 different colored bottles, each with a distinct cap. In how many ways can these caps be put on the bottles such that none of the caps are on the correct bottle?

Details and Assumptions:

All the caps should be on the bottles.

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