Trevor bought 3 new pairs of jeans and 2 new sweaters for school. How many different clothing combinations can he make?

2 Answers
Nov 24, 2015

He can make #6# combinations of clothes.

Explanation:

I assume he has to wear a sweater and trousers. He can choose from 3 pairs of jeans and 2 sweaters, so the number of combinations is #n=3*2=6#

Nov 24, 2015

#6# combinations

Explanation:

For each of #3# pairs of jeans Trevor could wear one of #2# sweaters,
giving #3xx2=6# combinations

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The above (of course) assumes that Trevor wears (exactly) one pair of new jeans and (exactly) one new sweater.
(If he's allowed to wear no new jeans or multiple layers of new jeans, plus no new sweaters or multiple layers of new sweaters then there are #8xx4 = 32# possible combinations).