Question

@itsmylife ok i suck at this stuff! Please help lol :)
Suppose you are getting dressed in the morning and are looking for an outfit. How many different outfits can you create if you have 5 different shirts, 6 different pants, 3 different pairs of shoes, and 2 different hats?

Answer 1

as many as you want to

Answer 2

wow lol. that's not correct lol

Answer 3

180

Answer 4

It is actually a simple calculation. You multiply your possibilities by each other. Here you'd multiply 4x6 to get your number of outcomes.

Answer 5

read mine!!!

Answer 6

oh ok so just 5*6*3*2 which equals 180! :D

Answer 7

no

Answer 8

Lol I was kidding, no its not that simple

Answer 9

@itsmylife um okay so it's not 180 lol.

Answer 10

nope

Answer 11

Consider first the simpler scenario of just shirts and pants. You can take any one shirt (any of the 5) and wear that one shirt with any of 6 pants. So, just considering shirts and pants, there are 30 combos: 6 pants for any of the 5 shirts. 6 x 5.

So, just extend that reasoning to all articles of clothing. You just multiply the number you have of each.

Answer 12

um yeah not sure what i'm doing really right there

Answer 13

Actually it might just be 180 if you think about it

Answer 14

Yeah that'sw what I thought it was!

Answer 15

It IS 180. It is that simple. It's just 6 x 5 3 x 2

Answer 16

well if your concerned about fashion you cant make unlimited combination but if your not then its uncertain

Answer 17

Thats what I thought...

Answer 18

i think that it is just 24

Answer 19

typo 6 x 5 x 3 x 2

Answer 20

that's what I though

Answer 21

it is 180

Answer 22

ok jesh you all was confsuing!

Answer 23

All you are doing is multiplying the outfit options. And wala~

Answer 24

are ya guys talking bout ma thought

Answer 25

oh sorry

Answer 26

sorry britt

Answer 27

lol no it's cool

Answer 28

If you were just looking at shirts and pants, you already are up to 30. You just keep multiplying. Again, start with my example of of just shirts and pants to get the concept down. A lot of math is starting with the simple scenarios and working up to the actual problem at hand.

Answer 29

if it was just shirt pants i wud've done this but we've got shoes and hats too lol thats load of stuff , is that guy supposed to be a joker lol sorry for off the topic talk but its logical

Answer 30

do you get it @BrittanyFrench

Answer 31

@ashlynn143 yeah lol

Answer 32

ok just call me and i will help!!

Answer 33

So, for each of the 30 pants/shirts combos, you have 3 different shoes. Now you are up to (6 x 5) x 3 = 90. Throw in the hats: (6 x 5 x 3) x 2 = 180 and then you're done!

Answer 34

lol ok girl thanks

Answer 35

yup

Answer 36

So, if you get the shirt/pants concept down, then going for all 4 types of clothing becomes easier to conceptualize.