Use multiplication to find the number of possible outcomes for a choice of black, brown, blue or white pants with a choice of a white, blue , or red shirt?
Use multiplication to find the number of possible outcomes for a choice of three gifts, a choice of two boxes, and a choice of three bows?
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2007-07-27 19:24:58 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Six die positions and two coin positions yield twelve possibilities. Four pants and three shirts gives twelve possibilities. Three gifts times two boxes times three bows gives eighteen possibilities (assuming that each gift will fit in either box).
2007-07-27 19:30:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
a. 1/2 * 1/6 = 1/12
b. 1/4 * 1/3 = 1/12
c. 1/3 * 1/2 * 1/3 = 1/18
2007-07-28 02:29:44 · answer #2 · answered by 037 G 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋