SOLUTION: Directions: Find the total number of possibilities for the event.
Nine rooms in a house need to be painted.
Each room can be painted white or yellow.
Why is the answer not
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Each room can be painted white or yellow.
Why is the answer not
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Question 1135136: Directions: Find the total number of possibilities for the event.
Nine rooms in a house need to be painted.
Each room can be painted white or yellow.
Why is the answer not 18? Answer by rothauserc(4718) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Each room has two choices, white or yellow paint
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therefore we have the following,
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2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 = 2^9 = 512 possibilities
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