A certain company assigns employees to offices in such a way that some of the offices can be empty and more than one employee can be assigned to an office. In how many ways can the company assign 2 employees to 5 different offices?
Select the correct option:  A) 5  B) 6  C) 7  D) 25  E) 9
Ans. Each employee can go into any of the two offices. Thus we have   =&gt; 5 * 5= 
<gadget id="calculator">5 * 5</gadget>
<output>25</output>
25   Answer : 25
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A certain company assigns employees to offices in such a way that some of the offices can be empty and more than one employee can be assigned to an office. In how many ways can the company assign 2 employees to 5 different offices?