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An online form has (5) optional sections. Each section may be filled or left blank, but at least one must be filled. If sections (1) and (2) cannot both be filled, how many ways are possible?

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Correct answer: (23)

Each of the five sections has two choices: filled or blank. Without any restriction, the multiplication principle gives two choices for each section, so there are \(2^5=32\) patterns. However, the completely blank form is not allowed, so one pattern must be removed. This leaves \(32-1=31\) nonempty patterns.

Now exclude the patterns in which both the first and second sections are filled. Once those two sections are fixed as filled, each of the remaining three sections can independently be filled or left blank, giving \(2^3=8\) forbidden patterns. Therefore the required number is \(31-8=23\). Thus option C is correct. Option 22 would result from an incorrect subtraction, while 24 does not account properly for the restrictions.

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