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Example:
1. Cheese or Knife
2. T
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Example:
1. Cheese or Knife
2. T
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Question 512855: If there are 5 questions and each question has two possible answers, how many different combinations of answers are there? and what are they?
Example:
1. Cheese or Knife
2. Truth or Lie
3. Water or Friend
4. Intervene or Ignore
5. Stand or Sit
I started with trying to write out all the possible combinations but that just got me more confused. the answers aren't just simple true/false either and I think that really confused me, also.
thank you! :D Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! If there are 5 questions and each question has two possible answers, how many different combinations of answers are there? and what are they?
Example:
1. Cheese or Knife
2. Truth or Lie
3. Water or Friend
4. Intervene or Ignore
5. Stand or Sit
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Ans: 2^5 = 32 possible answers
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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