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Question
In an examination, there are three multiple choice questions and each question has 4 choices. Find the number of ways in which a student can fail to get all answers correct.
Correct Answer
Option C is the correct answer.
Detailed Explanation
For each of the three questions, there are 4 choices. Since the choices for each question are independent, the total number of ways to answer all three questions is 4 * 4 * 4 = 4³ = 64. There is only 1 way to get all the answers correct. The number of ways in which a student can fail to get all answers correct is the total number of ways minus the number of ways to get all answers correct: 64 - 1 = 63 ways.
Hint
Calculate the total number of ways to answer all questions, then subtract the single way to get all answers correct.