document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=127112>Question 127112</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A man has 8 pairs of pants, 5 shirts, and 3 ties. How many different outfits can he wear? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I set up the problem as:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8 x 5 x 3	(120 different outfits is what I got)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I don't know if this is correct, my text book is not very forth coming and doesn't explain things very clearly.  This question is not from the book, it is  one of a set of mixed problems the instructor selects from a pool.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks for your help </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Think of it this way:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First he has to decide on a pair of pants and he has 8 different choices.  For each of those choices he has a choice of 5 different shirts, so that gives him 8 times 5 = 40 different pant/shirt combinations.  (I hope none of the pants are striped and none of the shirts have polka-dots).  For each those 40 possibilities, he has 3 different ties he could select, so altogether he has 40 times 3 = 120 different outfits, and some of them may be acceptable to wear in public. </SPAN>\n" );
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