Artificial Intelligence / Unit 2 AI 0066 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Possibilities Multiply
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The idea
When each step offers b choices and a plan is d steps deep, the number of distinct plans is b multiplied by itself d times — b to the power d.
In practice
Three starters, four mains, two desserts: 3 × 4 × 2 = 24 complete dinners.
Where people slip
The power is not b times d — three choices over sixteen steps is forty-three million plans, not forty-eight.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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