A classic children's toy consists of 12 different blocks that combine to form a rectangle showing a man's face. Each block has four sides with alternatives for that part of the face; for example, the block for the right eye might have a closed eye on one side, a partially open eye on another, and so on. A child can turn any block and so change that part of the face, and in this way many different faces can be formed.
If a child makes one change each minute and spends 49 hours a week changing faces, how many years will it take to see every possible face? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)
How many years?
+130071 The number of possible "faces" is
4^12 = 16,777,216
The number of minutes spent each year is
49 hours per week* 60 minutes per hour * 52 weeks per year = 152880 min per yr
So...the number of years is :
16777216 / 152880 ≈ 109.7 years = 110 years
Okay thanks I'm following how you solved but I type that answer in and it said it was wrong. In the back of my textbook they have the same problem only difffernce is 48 hours instead of 49. They got 28 years. They do not show any work in the book though.
