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= Solution

After fixing $L\subseteq\overline K$, every $K$-automorphism of $L$ is a $K$-embedding $L\to\overline K$. Hence
$$
|\operatorname{Aut}(L/K)|\leq
|\operatorname{Hom}_K(L,\overline K)|.
$$
If $L/K$ is normal, every $K$-embedding of $L$ into $\overline K$ has image $L$. It is consequently a $K$-automorphism of $L$, so the two sets, and therefore their cardinalities, are equal.

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