A certain company assigns employees to offices in such a way that some of the offices can be empty and more than one employee can be assigned to an office. In how many ways can the company assign 4 employees to 2 different offices? Options: A) 5 B) 16 C) 7 D) 8 E) 9
Ans. Each employee can go into any of the two offices. Thus we have   =&gt; 2 * 2 * 2 * 2= 
<gadget id="calculator">2 * 2 * 2 * 2</gadget>
<output>16</output>
16   Answer : 16
<result>B</result>
A certain company assigns employees to offices in such a way that some of the offices can be empty and more than one employee can be assigned to an office. In how many ways can the company assign 4 employees to 2 different offices?