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A breakfast cereal company gives away a free toy in each box of cereal. There are four different toys. How many boxes do you expect to have to buy in order to get all four toys?

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User Krzymar
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Answer: He can expect 4 boxes to have to buy in order to get all four toys.

Explanation:

Since we have given that

Number of different toys = 4

According to question, A breakfast cereal company gives away a free toy in each box of cereal.

So, for each toy, there are needed 1 box.

so, for four toys, there are needed 4 boxes.

Hence, he can expect 4 boxes to have to buy in order to get all four toys.

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User Rene Berlin
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