Question 401660: if a multiple choice test consists of 5 questions each with 4 possible answers of which only one is correct,
a, in how many different ways can a student check off one answer to each question?
b, in how many ways can a student check off one answer to each question and get all the answers wrong?
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! if a multiple choice test consists of 5 questions each with 4 possible answers of which only one is correct,
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a, in how many different ways can a student check off one answer to each question?
Ans: 4^5 = 2^10 = 1024
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b, in how many ways can a student check off one answer to each question and get all the answers wrong?
Ans: 3^5 = 243
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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