document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=150704>Question 150704</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321205650/algebrahomeworkh>a survey of mathematic with applications</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can someone help me to understand this problem?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A specific brand of bike comes in two frames, for males or females. Each frame comes in a choice of two colors, red and blue, and with a choice of three seats, soft, medium, and hard. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "a) Use the counting principle to determine the number of different arrangements of bicycles that are possible. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "b) Construct a tree diagram illustrating all the different arrangements of bicycles that are possible. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "c) List the sample space. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #110654 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fombitz><B>Fombitz(32388)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fombitz><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Fombitz><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=110654\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a. Counting principle - 2 frames x 2 colors x 3 seats = 12 choices<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. Difficult to make a tree diagram with the software limitations, I can list all the possibilities and you can make it. This would answer c) also.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(Male,Red,Soft)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(Male,Red, Medium)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(Male,Red, Hard)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(Male,Blue,Soft)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(Male,Blue, Medium)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(Male, Blue, Hard)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(Female,Red,Soft)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(Female, Red, Medium)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(Female, Red, Hard)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(Female, Blue,Soft)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(Female, Blue, Medium)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(Female, Blue, Hard)<BR>\n" );
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