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Question
A test consists of 10 multiple choice questions. In how many ways can the test be answered if the first four questions have three choices and the remaining have five choices?
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Solution
The first four questions have 3 choices.
So they can be answered in 34 ways.
The remaining 6 questions have 5 choices.
So they can be answered in 56 ways.
So all 10 questions can be answered in 34 × 56 ways.
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