A party store offers small balloons and large balloons. You can choose from pink, blue, green, and yellow balloons. You can choose from silver, gold, and white ribbons. Use the counting principle to find the number of different ways you can choose a balloon with a ribbon.

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A party store offers small balloons and large balloons. You can choose from pink, blue, green, and yellow balloons. You can choose from silver, gold, and white ribbons. Use the counting principle to find the number of different ways you can choose a balloon with a ribbon.
explain with words not numbers please.

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To find the number of different ways you can choose a balloon with a ribbon, you need to multiply the number of options for balloons by the number of options for ribbons. Since there are four colors of balloons and three colors of ribbons, you would multiply 4 x 3 to get the total number of different ways to choose a balloon with a ribbon. This gives you a total of 12 possible combinations.