A quiz has 8 questions, each answered True or False…
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A quiz has questions, each answered True or False. In how many ways can the whole quiz be answered? In how many ways if a question may also be left blank?
Need a reminder? The key ideaShow
If one event can happen in ways and, after it, a second event in ways, the two together can happen in ways. With repetition, each place keeps all its choices; without repetition, each place has one choice fewer than the one before.
The worked solution
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Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, go through the solution one step at a time, and check each step against your own.
Step 1. Two choices each. ways.
Step 2. Three choices each. True, False or blank: ways.
Answer: ways, and with blanks allowed. Only one of the is all correct, which is why guessing rarely pays.
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