Question

sam has 3 shirts 3 pairs of shorts and 2 pairs of shoes how many possible combinations does sam have if she waers 1 shirt 1 pair of shorts and 1 pair of shoes at a time

Answer 1

8 is the answer

Explanation

Answer 2

Here’s an easy way to calculate things like this.

Shirt A
Shirt B
Shirt C

Shorts A
Shorts B
Shorts C

Shoes A
Shoes B

AAA AAB ABA ABB ACA ACB
BAA BAB BBA BBB BCA BCB
CAA CAB CBA CBB CCA CBC

So 18 combinations!

Hope this helped