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Number of combinations

I think this is a dumb question but if I have 25 categories and each category can either have a value of 1 or 0.  How many combinations do I get?

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Montrof
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2^25

2 to the 25th power

2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x ....  x 2  (25 times)

33,554,432
which is 33554432
I think you mean "permutations," not combinations. You have 25 slots, with two possibilities per slot. That means you will have 2^25 possible permutations.
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Thanks that is exactly what I needed
Actually, I might be off on my "permutation" remark. Stats & Prob was a few years ago  = )