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If a test consists of ten multiple choice questions with each permitting a possible answers. How many ways are there in which a student give his answer?

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10048576 ways

Explanation:

We are given a question, from which we can choose aby of 4 options, this gives ua 4 possible choices for 1.

This will also apply if we have more than 1 question with the same number of options.

This can be called the product rule, as each possibility is the same of each question given :

Therefore, given 10 questions:

. We have

4 * 4 * 4 * 4 * 4 * 4 * 4 * 4 * 4 * 4 = 4^10 = 10048576 ways

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