Jalen is buying a new car. He has the options below.

Question

Model: compact, luxury, sport
Transmission: automatic, manual
Color: red, blue, black, yellow

Jalen decides that he wants a yellow car. What is the total number of choices he has?
5
6
12
24

Answer 1

Since Jalen has already decided that he wants a yellow car, we can focus on the other options available to him.

1. Model:

   • compact
   • luxury
   • sport
     This gives him 3 options.

2. Transmission:

   • automatic
   • manual
     This gives him 2 options.

Now, to find the total number of choices he has, we multiply the number of options for the model by the number of options for the transmission:

\[ \text{Total choices} = \text{Number of models} \times \text{Number of transmissions} = 3 \times 2 = 6 \]

So, Jalen has a total of 6 choices.