Question

A panel of four light switches can be set in 2^4 ways. A panel of lfive light switches can be set in twice this many ways. In how many ways can five light switches be set? I got 2^4=16 16x2=32 Is this right. If not can someone help?

Answer 1

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Right! 32 = 2^5

Answer 2

Its wrong, you add exponets so it would be 4 times 2 to the power of 4,which means it would be 8 to the power of 5 then simplify unless its monomial