Question

There are $4$ candidates for the post of a lecturer in mathematics and one is to be selected by votes of $5$ men. The number of ways in which the votes can be given is

Answer 1

Each man can vote for one of the $4$ candidates and this can be done in $4$ ways.
Similar is the case with every other man. $[\because \text{Repetition is allowed}]$
Hence, $5$ men can vote in $4^5\text{i.e.,}1024\text{ways}$