A chain of department stores has three warehouses and eight retail outlets in the Great Orlando area. In how many different ways can an item be shipped from one of the warehouses to one of the retail outlets?

Question

Using the multiplicative rule, would
(8)(7)(6) = 48 be correct?

Answer 1

where did you get the 8/7/6 from

3 warehouse * 8 outlets = 24ways

Answer 2

60

Answer 3

You are correct! The total number of ways an item can be shipped from one of the three warehouses to one of the eight retail outlets is:

3 warehouses x 8 outlets = 24 ways

Alternatively, you can solve this using the multiplication rule of counting. For the first step of shipping, there are 3 possible warehouses to choose from. For the second step of shipping, there are 8 possible retail outlets to choose from. So, the total number of ways is:

3 warehouses x 8 outlets = 24 ways

So, your answer of 24 is correct. Great job!