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Old 11-27-2003, 04:04 PM   #13
dplax
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Join Date: July 19, 2003
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Originally posted by philip:
quote:
Originally posted by dplax:
If a light can be either switched off or be one of the five colours, then the total number of possibilities is: 5^19.
aren't that 6 different (5 colors + off) options making 6^19? [/QUOTE]Oops. I could say it was a typo, but it wasn't. the theory was good, except when I got to writing it down I messed it up.
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