A wheel is divided evenly into 5 compartments. Each compartment can be painted red, white, or blue. The back of the wheel is painted black. How many different such color wheels are there?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
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The answer is given as 51. I understand there should 243 possible ways to color the front of wheels but not sure how to implement the back of the wheel is colored black.
14. A wheel is divided evenly into 5 compartments. Each compartment can be painted red,
white, or blue. The back of the wheel is painted black. How many different such color
wheels are there?
Transcribed Image Text:14. A wheel is divided evenly into 5 compartments. Each compartment can be painted red, white, or blue. The back of the wheel is painted black. How many different such color wheels are there?
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