SOLUTION: In a certain game, to determine how many spaces to move, a player selects a card from pile A and another card from pile B. If the player then moves a number of spaces equal to the

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Question 618691: In a certain game, to determine how many spaces to move, a player selects a card from pile A and another card from pile B. If the player then moves a number of spaces equal to the sum of the two cards selected, how many different possible moves are there?
A B
1 2 3 4 5 6
A)5
B)6
C)7
D)8
E)9
Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 

Hi,

a player selects a card from pile A {1,2,3} and another card from pile B {4,5,6}.

player then moves a number of spaces equal to the sum of the two cards selected, 

how many different possible moves are there?  moves  {5,6,7,8,9}



___1_2_3__

4|_5_6_7__

5|_6_7_8__

6|_7_8_9_



 

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