SOLUTION: If there are 17 different ingredients for a burrito, how many different combinations can be made? How many years would it take to try all the combinations?

Question 78414: If there are 17 different ingredients for a burrito, how many different combinations can be made? How many years would it take to try all the combinations?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If there are 17 different ingredients for a burrito, how many different combinations can be made? How many years would it take to try all the combinations?
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A combination either has or does not have a particular ingredient.
The # of possible combinations is 2^17=131,072
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If you tried one a day that would take 131,072 combos/365days =359+ years
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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