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In an examination there are three multiple choice questions and each question has 4 choices. Number of ways in which a student can fail to get all answer correct is ______. - Mathematics

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In an examination there are three multiple choice questions and each question has 4 choices. Number of ways in which a student can fail to get all answer correct is ______.

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  • 11

  • 12

  • 27

  • 63

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In an examination there are three multiple choice questions and each question has 4 choices. Number of ways in which a student can fail to get all answer correct is 63.

Explanation:

There are three multiple choice question, each has four possible answers.

Therefore, the total number of possible answers will be 4 × 4 × 4 = 64.

Out of these possible answer only one will be correct

Hence the number of ways in which a student can fail to get correct answer is 64 – 1 = 63.

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