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How many different outcomes are there for tossing a coin 5 times?

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Answer: 32

Each coin has 2 sides. Because there are 5 coins we know that there are 2^5 = 2*2*2*2*2 = 32 different outcomes.

Tossing a single coin 5 times is the same as flipping 5 coins at once.

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