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Question 1112257: Can anyone help me with this please?
Morse codes consist of a succession of dots and dashes. The symbols formed by the code may consist of one, two, three or four dots or dashes. How many different symbols may be represented by this code? Thankyouu

Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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2 ways to choose if one E/T
2^2 ways to choose the second. Dot-dot, dot-dash, dash-dot, dash-dash I/A/N/M
2^3 ways to choose the third. .../..-/.-./-../--./-.-/.--/---/
2^4 ways to choose the fourth
This is 2+4+8+16=30 possibilities.