Question

Erin has 6 colors of ribbon: red, white, gold, green, blue, and purple. She makes bows from 3 different colors of ribbon. How many different combinations of colors can she choose?

Answer 1

There are `120` combinations of those colors.

Explanation:

The first ribbon she can choose from all `6` colors, the second from `5` and the last from `4`, so the total number of color sets is:

`n=6*5*4=120`