A gerbil in a maze has 6 places at which to turn left or right.How many
different ways can the gerbil get through the maze?
To determine the number of different ways the gerbil can navigate through the maze, we need to consider the number of choices it has at each turn. Since the gerbil can turn left or right at each of the 6 places, it essentially has 2 choices at each place.
To find the total number of different ways, we can calculate the product of the number of choices at each place. Thus, we raise 2 to the power of 6.
Mathematically, this can be expressed as:
Total number of ways = 2^6 = 64
Therefore, the gerbil can get through the maze in 64 different ways.