Question
State True or False for the following statement:
Three letters can be posted in five letterboxes in 35 ways.
Three letters can be posted in five letterboxes in 35 ways.
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Answer
False.
Solution:
Given that 3 letters are to be posted in 5 letter boxes. $\therefore$ Required number of ways = 53 = 125 Hence, the given statements is ‘False’.Need a full question paper?
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