Posted: 8/20/2009 3:25:56 PM EDT
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Assume fairness, etc. No tricks. 1) 5 coins are tossed in the air, how many different combinations of Heads & Tails can result? Example using 1 coin: - 2 (H or T) Example using 2 coins: - 3 (HH, HT, TT - TH is same as HT since order does not matter). 2) 2 dice are tossed in the air, how many different combinations of the 6 Sides can result? Ok those were easy and just for warm-up. The real question is, construct a formula such that for N objects with S sides thrown simultaneously, how many different combinations can result? |
