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Question 711943: A test consists of multiple-choice questions, each having four possible answers with only one being correct. Assume that you guess the answers to six such questions. Determine the number of different possible arrangement of two wrong answers and four correct answers
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A test consists of multiple-choice questions, each having four possible answers with only one being correct. Assume that you guess the answers to six such questions.
Determine the number of different possible arrangement of two wrong answers and four correct answers
Ans: 6C2 = 15 arrangements
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Another way to work it:
# of "words" with wwcccc is 6! / (4!*2!) = 15
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Cheers,
Stan H.