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Question 1168478: A pizza restaurant offers six different toppings. If you can order any number of toppings, how many different pizzas are possible?
Answer by ikleyn(52798) About Me  (Show Source):
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2%5E6 = 64 different toppings (including one "zero" topping).   ANSWER



EXPLANATION


I will give you two explanation.


    1)  Any set of n elements has 2%5En  different subsets (including the empty set and improper set).


    2)  Any particular topping can be included or excluded, giving two different options.

        Therefore, the total number of all possible combinations is  2%5E6.

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