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There are two different methods here.... should it be times 365 or raised to the power of 365.  And how do you know???  THANKS
 
There are two different methods here.... should it be times 365 or raised to the power of 365.  And how do you know???  THANKS
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I may be wrong, but I think it should be ^365 instead of *365.  If you think about it similarly to a flip of a coin every day for a full year instead of on or off, you would get the number of possible outcomes to be 2^365, either H or T each day.
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-Evan Clinton

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There are two different methods here.... should it be times 365 or raised to the power of 365. And how do you know??? THANKS

// I may be wrong, but I think it should be ^365 instead of *365. If you think about it similarly to a flip of a coin every day for a full year instead of on or off, you would get the number of possible outcomes to be 2^365, either H or T each day. -Evan Clinton

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