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Sheet # 26/Probability

Name: _____________________ Date_____________


Total Number of Possibilities

1) Fill in the following table.

Number of Coins
Total Number of Possibilities
1
.
2
.
3
.
4
.
5
.
6
7
.
8
.
9
.
10
.

2) Using the pattern from the above table, write the formula to determine the total number of possibilities for n coins.

T : is the total number of possibilities

2: is the number of possibilities of one coin

n: is the number of coins

 

3) Write the formula to determine the total number of possibilities for n objects. S is the number of possibilities for each object. T is the total number of possibilities.