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How many color patterns can you create by reversing the colors of combinations of rows and columns from a checkerboard?

Asked by LostInParadise (31922points) April 5th, 2015

The row and column color reversals are done one after the other. The order in which they are chosen does not make a difference, but note that a square that is in the intersection of one of the rows and one of the columns gets its color changed twice, once by a row and once by a column, so it will keep its original color. What happens if all the rows and columns are selected? What impact does this have on the total number of color patterns?

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