Question

For the senior-class election, 8 candidates are running for president and 6 for vice-president. Use the Fundamental Counting Principle to calculate the total number of class officer combinations available. (1 point) Responses 14 14 36 36 48 48 64

Answer 1

To determine the total number of class officer combinations available using the Fundamental Counting Principle, you multiply the number of choices for president by the number of choices for vice-president.

Here, there are:
- 8 candidates for president
- 6 candidates for vice-president

The total number of combinations can be calculated as follows:

\[
\text{Total combinations} = \text{Number of presidential candidates} \times \text{Number of vice-presidential candidates}
\]
\[
\text{Total combinations} = 8 \times 6 = 48
\]

Thus, the total number of class officer combinations available is **48**.