Question

A boy has 3 shirts and 2 coats. how many different pairs, a shirt and a coat can he dress up with?

Answer 1

He can wear 2 pairs of a shirt and coat.

Answer 2

Answer:

6

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : A boy has 3 shirts and 2 coats

To Find: How many different pairs, a shirt and a coat can he dress up with?

Let 3 Shirts: be A ,B,C

Let Coats be 1,2

So,Possible Combinations  are :

A1, B1, C1

A2, B2, C2

So, number of possible combinations are 6

Mathematically ,

Since there are 3 shirts and 2 coats

So, the possible combinations can be 3*2 =6

Hence the number of  different pairs, a shirt and a coat can he dress up with are 6