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Question
Ten buses are plying between two places A and B. In how many ways a person can travel from A to B and come back?
Correct Answer
Option C is the correct answer.
Detailed Explanation
When traveling from place A to place B, the person has 10 choices of buses.When coming back from place B to place A, the person again has 10 choices of buses (as there is no restriction that they must take a different bus).By the multiplication principle, the total number of ways to travel from A to B and come back is the product of the number of choices for each leg of the journey.Total ways = (Choices for A to B) × (Choices for B to A) = 10 × 10 = 100.
Hint
Consider the number of independent choices for each part of the journey.