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In how many ways can an even number of coins be selected from (10) different coins?

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Correct answer: (512)

The direct answer is option B, 512. For each of 10 different coins, there are two choices: select it or do not select it, giving \(2^{10}\) total subsets. Exactly half of all subsets have an even number of coins and half have an odd number, because pairing a selection with one obtained by changing one fixed coin switches parity. Therefore the number of even selections is \(2^{10}/2=2^9=512\). This includes selecting zero coins and all 10 coins. Option A, 256, is only half of the correct even count. Option B is correct. Option C, 1023, counts all nonempty selections, not only even ones. Option D, 1024, counts every selection, including odd selections. Exam cue: for \(n\) distinct objects, the number of subsets of even size is \(2^{n-1}\).

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