Question

Find the number of possible outcomes in the sample space.

A padlock's combination is four digits long.
Please show your work

Answer 1

10,000

Explanation:

Highest 4 digit number: 9999

Lowest possibility: 0000

9999-0000=9999

The 0000 is 1 number

9999+1=10,000

Answer 2

1000 possible combinations

Explanation:

For the padlock combination code, each number can be one of 10 (0-9).

This means there are 10 possibilities for the first digit, 10 for the 2nd, 10 for the 3rd, and 10 for the 4th.

If we combine all these possibilities between the different digits we get:

10 x 10 x 10 x 10 = 1000 different combinations.

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