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An exam has (5) sections and each section has (3) optional questions. In how many ways can one question be chosen from each section?

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Correct answer: (243) ways

The direct answer is option B: 243 ways. One question must be selected from each of 5 sections. Each section offers 3 choices, so the process has five stages, each with 3 possibilities. By the multiplication principle, the total is 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 = 3^5 = 243. Option B is correct. Option A, 15, adds 3 five times; that counts neither the possible complete selections nor the combinations of choices. Option C, 125, is 5^3, which reverses the base and exponent and does not represent five stages with three choices each. Option D, 81, equals 3^4, so it counts only four sections, not five. The phrase ‘from each section’ means every section must contribute one answer. Memory cue: repeated equal choices are written as a power: choices per stage raised to number of stages.

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Permutations-Combinations Fundamental-Principle-Counting Class11Fundamental Principle Of CountingPermutations And CombinationsMathematicsClass 11 Mcq

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