document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=202065>Question 202065</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Need help:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Use the multiplication principle to solve the problem.\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "If 12 newborn babies are randomly selected, how many different gender sequences are possible?<BR>\n" );
document.write( " A) 479,001,600<BR>\n" );
document.write( " B) 4096<BR>\n" );
document.write( " C) 144<BR>\n" );
document.write( " D) 24<BR>\n" );
document.write( " </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #152335 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Alan3354><B>Alan3354(69443)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Alan3354><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Alan3354><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=152335\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If 12 newborn babies are randomly selected, how many different gender sequences are possible?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-----------------<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There are 2 possibilities of gender (genearally recognized, anyway).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That's 2^12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 4096<BR>\n" );
document.write( "--------------<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Another way to look at this is as a 12 digit binary number.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "EG, MMFMFMFMFFFM.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The possible numbers run from all 0's to all 1's.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That 0 to 4095, = 4096 numbers. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</TD></TR></TABLE>\n" );