Question

The Smith family is shopping for a new car and they are basing their decision on color and style. Explain how many color choices and how many style choices they might have if there are 8 possible outcomes. Justify your answer.

Answer 1

Sample response: The Smith family has 2 choices to make, color and style. By the fundamental counting principle, the product of the number of choices of color and style must equal 8. So, there could be 1 color and 8 style choices, 2 colors and 4 styles, 4 colors and 2 styles, or 8 colors and 1 style.