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Probability
Level
2
A coat hanger has four knobs. If you have six different colors of paint available, how many different ways can you paint the knobs?
The answer is 1296.
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1 solution
There are 6 ways to paint each knob, and there are 4 knobs. Therefore, the answer is 6 × 6 × 6 × 6 = 6 4 = 1 2 9 6