Question

A sports store has jerseys representing the seven Canadian NHL teams and the eight Canadian CFL teams. Five of these jerseys have to be chosen for display in a store window. The store owner decides to choose three NHL and two CFL jerseys. These jerseys will be arranged in a row in the store window.

The number of displays that can be made by choosing the jerseys and then arranging them in the window is

A. 4900
B. 11 760
C. 117600
D. 1411 200
The answer key says the right Answer is (C), I just don't know how to get there. ​

Answer 1

Answer:

possible arrangements

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Ten ways to arrange the window

for any one of these there are

NHL

7 ways to fill the first position

6 ways to fill the second

5 ways to fill the third

7•6•5 = 210 ways to select the NHL jerseys

CFL

8 ways to fill the first position

7 ways to fill the second

8•7 = 56 ways to select the CFL jerseys

210•56 = 11760 ways to select a set of 5 jerseys

11760•10 = 117 600 possible ways to arrange the window