Imelda Marcos has 724 pairs of shoes, 10 choices of pants, and 10 blouses. What happens to the number of "leaves" in a tree diagram for the number of outfits if you put her shoe choices on the left rather than the right of the diagram?

A. The number of leaves stays the same.
B. The number of leaves increases.
C. The number of leaves decreases.

Question

Imelda Marcos has 724 pairs of shoes, 10 choices of pants, and 10 blouses. What happens to the number of "leaves" in a tree diagram for the number of outfits if you put her shoe choices on the left rather than the right of the diagram?

A.	The number of leaves stays the same.
 		B.	The number of leaves increases.
 		C.	The number of leaves decreases.

anonymous · Answer

A

dumbcow · Answer

either way the num of outfits stays the same, 724*10*10 = 72,400
A

anonymous · Answer

The amount of choices doesn't matter, because it is multiplication, you can multiply in any order and you get the same result