Andrea wants to go bowling early in the evening and then see a movie later. She has two kinds of bowling and four movies to choose from. In how many ways can Andrea spend her evening? It's a simple question, I know, but I need help plugging the numbers in the formula. - the proper way to go about solving it.
2007-08-16 14:20:26 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
These are independent events so use the Counting Principle: total number of ways = number of ways for first thing times number of ways for second thing = 8 here.
2007-08-16 14:25:28 · answer #1 · answered by hayharbr 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
She can do 2 kinds of bowling and see 4 different movies. Therefore there are 8 possibilities.
2007-08-16 14:27:23 · answer #2 · answered by ironduke8159 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for every one choice for bowling she has four choices for movies, so it's 4 times 2 which is 8
2007-08-16 14:27:46 · answer #3 · answered by awesome_jarrett7 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋