Problema Solution
A four sided spinner is spun twice. One possible outcome is A,B. How many possible outcomes are there?
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the four sided spinner has 4 sides thus 4 different values
lets denote the sides of the spinner with A,B,C and D
one outcome is when at the first spin falls A and the second spin falls B
the total number of outcomes will be the number of all pairs from the set {A, B, C, D} - this is when the order of the outcomes matters
that is Variations of class 2 from 4 element V(4,2) = 2^4 = 16
there are 16 possible outcomes
we can also write them down
AA, AB, AC, AD
BA, BB, BC, BD
CA, CB, CC, CD
DA, DB, DC, DD
if the order of the outcomes is not important (outcome A,B is the same as outcome B,A)than the number of possible outcomes will be 2-combinations of 4 elements with repetition that is 10
(4 + 2 -1)!/(2!(4 + 2 - 1 -2)!) = 5!/(2!3!) = 10