SOLUTION: In how many ways can a picture be painted by using two or more of 7 different colors?

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Question 1143762: In how many ways can a picture be painted by using two or more of 7 different
colors?

Found 3 solutions by Alan3354, Edwin McCravy, ikleyn:
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Depends on the picture.
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If the picture is, for example, a chessboard of 64 squares,
---> a big number.

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In how many ways can a picture be painted by using two or more of 7 different
colors?


We will do each of those separately:



For each of those 7 colors, there are exactly 2 decisions we can make
concerning that color.  They are:
(1) Use it in the picture.
(2) Don't use it in the picture.

Suppose the 7 colors are R,O,Y,G,B,I,V.
There are 2 decisions we can make about color R.
For each of those, there are 2 decisions we can make about color O.
For each of those, there are 2 decisions we can make about color Y.
For each of those, there are 2 decisions we can make about color G.
For each of those, there are 2 decisions we can make about color B.
For each of those, there are 2 decisions we can make about color I.
For each of those, there are 2 decisions we can make about color V.

That's 2∙2∙2∙2∙2∙2∙2 = 27 = 128 ways.

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This one is easy because there is just 1 way to say "no" to all 7 colors,
and that 1 way is to say "no" to all of them.  (That is we paint the picture
in black and white, using NO colors).

That's 1 way.

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This one is also easy because there are 7 colors we can choose to
say "yes" to (saying "no" to each the other 6 colors)

That's 7 ways.

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So:






Edwin

Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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From the common sense of view  (and from my point of view,  in particular),  the  "problem"  in this post is  NONSENSE.


            . . . Or,  as  Alan said  politely,  it depends on the picture . . .


If, for example, the picture is electronic on the screen of a computer or on a TV screen,
then every pixel can be painted in its own color of 7 given colors (!)



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