HELP W/ ACT PREP QUESTION PLEASE I NEED TO DO WELL AND NEED YOUR HELP!!: At a school picnic, 1 junior and 1 senior will be selected to lead the activities. If there are 125 juniors and 100 seniors at the picnic, how many different 2-person combinations of 1 junior and 1 senior are possible???

A. 25
B. 100
C. 125
D. 225
E. 12,500

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HELP W/ ACT PREP QUESTION PLEASE I NEED TO DO WELL AND NEED YOUR HELP!!: At a school picnic, 1 junior and 1 senior will be selected to lead the activities.  If there are 125 juniors and 100 seniors at the picnic, how many different 2-person combinations of 1 junior and 1 senior are possible???

A. 25
B. 100
C. 125
D. 225
E. 12,500

vocaloid · Answer

total possibilities = (number of juniors)*(number of seniors)

iwanttogotostanford · Answer

so it would be 12,500 and thats simply how you do the problem?

vocaloid · Answer

yes and yes

iwanttogotostanford · Answer

wow, thank you!  That was really helpful and now i know how to do it!