Question 410237: Tom has 3 pairs of pants, 4 different colored dress shirts 3 sports jackets, 9 ties, and 1 pairs of dress shoes in his closet. How many different outfits can he select? Any combination of pants, shirt, jacket, tie and shoes is acceptable to him.
Found 2 solutions by tallgirl84, sudhanshu_kmr:
Answer by tallgirl84(3)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 3X4X3X9X1=324
3X4=12, 12X3=36, 36X9=324, 324X1=324
Or you could branch it out. I would start with one long branch, that would have nine branches off it, then four branches off each of the previous nine, then three of those four, and then three off those three.
Answer by sudhanshu_kmr(1152)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! no. of ways he can select a pant = 3
no. of ways he can select a shirt= 4
similarly, he can select jacket by 3 ways, tie by 9 ways and shoe by 1 way.
no. of ways to select different outfits = 3*4*3*9*1 = 324
total 324 ways
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