Five students from a statistics class have formed a study group. Each may or may not attend a study session. Assuming that the members will be making independent decisions on whether or not to attend, there are 32 different possibilities for the composition of the study session.

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This is true because each student has two options (to attend or not to attend) and there are 5 students in the group, so the total number of possibilities is 2^5 = 32.

Five Students from a Statistics Class Have Formed a Study