SOLUTION: A student is writing a 10-question multiple choice test. Each question has 4 choices: A to D. How many different sets of answers can the student give?

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Question 1097232: A student is writing a 10-question multiple choice test. Each question has 4 choices: A to D. How many different sets of answers can the student give?
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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4 choices for each answer raised to the 10th power
Can see this by looking at two questions. Answers are AA, AB, AC, AD....DA, DB, DC, DD, for 16 or 4^2.
4^10=2^20=1048576.