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Question 4 • Mathematics II

Fiona chooses three towels from a group of five to pack in her beach bag for herself and her two brothers. Let the five towels be represented by cap A , cap b , cap c , cap d , and cap e If Fiona chooses towel cap A for herself, which statements about the possible outcomes for her brothers’ towels are true? Choose three correct answers.

Answer
A
ABC , ABD , ABE , ACD , ACE , and ADE are the possible outcomes.
B
The combination BC is not the same as CB .
C
There are 10 possible ways to choose the group of towels.
D
If Fiona did not choose towel cap A for herself, there would be more outcomes.
E
She has four choices for the first brother’s towel and three choices for the second brother’s towel.
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