Choose the One Alternative That Best Completes the Statement or Answers

question 199

Multiple Choice

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Solve the problem.
-In how many ways can 5 students stack their homework assignments?

• A) 120
• B) 15
• C) 32
• D) 500

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Definitions:

Dependent Events

Events whose probability of occurring is influenced by the occurrence of another event.

Mutually Exclusive

Refers to a situation where the occurrence of one event means the other cannot occur.

Independent

A term in statistics that describes two or more events that do not affect each other's outcomes.

Multiplicative Rule

In probability, a rule that calculates the probability of two independent events occurring together by multiplying the probability of each event.