Question

A boy owns 8 pairs of pants, 4 shirts, 6 ties, and 5 jackets. How many outfits can he wear to school if hemust wear one of each item?

Answer 1

The easiest way to see all the combinations here is drawing a tree, although you also get the right number of combinations using simple math.

The total combinations is given by multiplying every kind of clothes:

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