SOLUTION: How many ways are there to arrange a quater, dime, nickel and penny in a row if each can be either heads or tails. Thank you for taking your time to review this question.

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Question 696547: How many ways are there to arrange a quater, dime, nickel and penny in a row if each can be either heads or tails.
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The first coin can be one of 4 & either heads or tails:
4*2=8
The second coin can be any one of 3 coins & either hears or tails:
3*2=6
The third coin can be any one of 2 coins & either heads or tails:
2*2=4
The last coin can be either heads or tails:
1*2=2
8*6*4*2=384 different arrangements of these coins is possible.