Question

In the National Basketball Association (NBA), there are 15 teams in the Eastern
Conference and 15 teams in the Western Conference. One team from each conference
advances to the finals. How many different team matchups could there be in the finals?

Answer 1

Answer:

225 matchups.

Step-by-step explanation:

Use Fundamental Counting Principle.

Why? the Fundamental Counting priciple states that if one event occur n ways and another event occur p ways, then the total outcomes is n times p.

Here, there are 15 ways a team can winin each conference so we got

15 times 15 ≡225