Question

A local middle school adopted a policy for school uniforms. Students can wear black pants or tan pants. They can wear a yellow shirt, a red shirt, a green shirt, or a white shirt. The tree diagram shows the possible outfit choices.



How many different choices does a student have when choosing a pair of pants and a shirt?

2

4

8

10

Answer 1

the answer is 8 because you have black and tan pants so 2 pairs and then a green, red, white, and yellow shirt sooooo you have 4 choices of shirts to pair with your pants. So 2•4=8

Answer 2

Answer:

So you are given a choice of black or tan pants, and in shirts yellow, red, green or white. Therefore the possible combinations for red are:

Black pant + red shirt

Tan pant + red shirt

Possible combinations for yellow are:

Black pant + yellow shirt

Tan pant + yellow shirt

Possible combinations for green are:

Black pant + green shirt

Tan pant + green shirt

Possible combinations for white are:

Black pant + white shirt

Tan pant + white shirt

Therefore you have a total of 8 different assortments of pants and shirts.