SOLUTION: Morse code for the alphabet consists of dots and dashes. Each symbol contains between 1 and 4 dots and dashes. How many different symbols can be made?
I have tried writing all
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Question 412809: Morse code for the alphabet consists of dots and dashes. Each symbol contains between 1 and 4 dots and dashes. How many different symbols can be made?
I have tried writing all possibilities (too many). Also tried using 4!2!, but don't think that is right.
Thank you in advance for your help! Found 2 solutions by richard1234, Alan3354:Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! No need to write all the possibilities. Do it case by case (it's easier to count it this way)
Case 1: A letter consists of one "character."
This leaves two possibilities, so 2.
Case 2: A letter consists of two characters.
There are two possibilities for each position, so 4.
The other cases (3 and 4 characters) imply 8 and 16 possibilities (by using a simple induction argument), so the total number is 2 + 4 + 8 + 16 = 30.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! PS Morse code has no upper and lower case, all the numbers are 5 dots/dashes, some characters, such as punctuation use 6 dots/dashes.
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