Question

the final score of a soccer game was 5-3. how many scores are possible after 20 minutes of play.

I can never understand questions that have some sort of sport related to it ;_;

Answer 1

this is a permutation problem by the way

Answer 2

@agent0smith @sourwing @jdoe0001 any ideas?

Answer 3

There are 5 possibilities for the first score and 3 possibilities for the second score.
Draw a tree and it will become more clear.

Answer 4

0-0
0-1
0-2
0-3
1-0
1-1
1-2
1-3...