The number of ways in which you can win first prize and your mom went the second prize will be 8. Then the correct option is D.
What are permutation and combination?
A permutation is an act of putting things or elements in the right sequence. Combinations are a method of picking things or pieces from a collection of objects or sets when the sequence of the objects is irrelevant.
You and your mom enter the drawing with three different prices the prizes are awarded at random is a total of 8 people entered the drawing.
Then the number of the ways in which you can win first prize and your mom went the second prize will be
Let x be the number of different ways.
Then we have
[tex]\rm x = \ ^8C_1\\\\x = 8[/tex]
Thus, the number of ways in which you can win first prize and your mom went the second prize will be 8.
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