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In a examination there are four multiple choice questions and each question has 4 choices. Number of ways in which a student can fail to get all answer correct is
(i) 256
(ii) 254
(iii) 255
(iv) 63

A

256

B

254

C

255

D

63

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To solve the problem, we need to determine the number of ways a student can fail to answer all questions correctly in an examination consisting of four multiple-choice questions, each with four choices. ### Step-by-Step Solution: 1. **Determine the Total Number of Ways to Answer the Questions:** Each of the four questions has 4 choices. Therefore, the total number of ways to answer all four questions can be calculated as: \[ \text{Total ways} = 4 \times 4 \times 4 \times 4 = 4^4 \] 2. **Calculate \(4^4\):** \[ 4^4 = 256 \] So, there are 256 total ways to answer the four questions. 3. **Identify the Number of Ways to Answer All Questions Correctly:** There is only 1 way to answer all questions correctly (i.e., selecting the correct answer for each question). 4. **Calculate the Number of Ways to Fail to Get All Answers Correct:** To find the number of ways a student can fail to get all answers correct, we subtract the one way of getting all answers correct from the total number of ways: \[ \text{Ways to fail} = \text{Total ways} - \text{Ways to answer all correctly} = 256 - 1 = 255 \] 5. **Final Answer:** The number of ways in which a student can fail to get all answers correct is \(255\). ### Conclusion: The correct option is (iii) 255.
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