i. The Cunard luxury liner, Queen Elizabeth 2, cannot be docked in Hong Kong and Bangkok at the same time. Events such as these that cannot occur simultaneously are said to be collectively exhaustive.
Ii) If there are 'm' ways of doing one thing and 'n' ways of doing another thing, the multiplication formula states that there are (m) • (n) ways of doing both.
Iii) A permutation is an arrangement of a set of objects in which order does not matter.
A) (i), (ii) and (iii) are all correct statements
B) (i) and, (ii) are correct statements but not (iii).
C) (i) and, (iii) are correct statements but not (ii).
D) (ii) and, (iii) are correct statements but not (i).
E) All statements are false

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Statement (i) is incorrect because events that cannot occur simultaneously are called mutually exclusive, not collectively exhaustive. Statement (ii) is correct as it describes the multiplication principle. Statement (iii) is incorrect because a permutation is an arrangement where order does matter.

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