A theoretical organism with five genes that can either be on or off can produce ______ different combinations of RNA.

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Each gene can be on or off, meaning there are 2 possibilities for each gene. For the five genes, there are 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 32 different possible combinations of on and off. Each combination of on and off genes corresponds to a different RNA molecule, so there are 32 different combinations of RNA that could be produced.

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