Kaitlin has been given a list of bands and asked to place a vote. Her vote must have the names of her favorite and second favorite bands from the list. How many different votes are possible?

Complete question :

Kaitlin has been given a list of 5 bands and asked to place a vote. Her vote must have the names of her favorite and second favorite bands from the list. How many different votes are possible?

20 different votes

Step-by-step explanation:

Total number of bands = 5

To select her favorite ; she chooses 1 from the five ;

Number of bands left = 4

From. The 4 she chooses one ; which is her second favorite

Number of different votes possible :

Favorite selection * second favorite selection

(5 * 4) = 20 different votes.

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