The lock is numbered from 0-49. Each combination uses a right,left, right pattern. Find the total # of possible combinations.

I know for a fact it equals 125000 but how do you get that????

chicken

50*50*50 because 0-49 (COUNTING 0) is 50. then, multiply 50 times the amount of times you rotate the lock

All I know is that you do 50x50x50 because 0-49 is 50 since you count 0. You do 50•50•50 because you rotate the lock that many times each. Thus making 125,000

joe mama

50*50*50 because there are 50 options for the first number and 50 for the 2nd and 3rd number, so you multiply them to get 125,000.

125000

You do 50 x 50 x 50, because it includes 0. A common mistake is to do 49 x 49 x 49, which seems right, but in reality does not count zero, so is incorrect

I have a question on my test like this and it keeps saying 125,000 is wrong so idk what you guys are doing

Y’all wrong

Rule of Multiplication If events A and B come from the same sample space, the probability that both A and B occur is equal to the probability the event A occurs times the probability that B occurs, given that A has occurred.

P(A ∩ B) = P(A) P(B|A)

Therefore you have 50 *50*50 = 125,000