Jasper is a magician performing at a birthday party. Jasper first performs one of 2 card tricks, which is followed by one of 5 coin tricks. How many different magic shows can Jasper perform?

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1 answer

Jasper can perform 10 different magic shows.

To see why, we can use the multiplication principle of counting. Since there are 2 choices for the card trick and 5 choices for the coin trick, we can multiply these numbers together to find the total number of possible magic shows:

2 card tricks × 5 coin tricks = 10 magic shows