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A combination lock has 4 wheels, each having the digits 1 to 5 inclusive on them. How many different combinations which are even numbers are there.

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Final answer:

The number of different combinations of even numbers on a 4-wheel combination lock with digits 1 to 5 is 250.

Step-by-step explanation:

The number of different combinations of an even number on a combination lock with 4 wheels, each having the digits 1 to 5 inclusive, can be determined using combinatorics.

Since the last digit must be even, there are 2 options: 2 or 4.

For the remaining 3 digits, there are 5 options for each digit. So the total number of combinations is 2 * 5 * 5 * 5 = 250.

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