So what you would do is divide 988 by 26 and divide 731 by 17 and those two numbers you would add which gives you the amount of people that attended the performance
The numbers of choices in each category are multiplied together. We assume the order of paint choices matters: using color 1 in area A and color 2 in area B is not the same as using color 2 in area A and color 1 in area B.
P(7,2)*4*3*2 = 42*4*3*2 = 1008 ways
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P(n, k) = n!/(n-k)!
P(7, 2) = 7*6 = 42
1 and 1/4..................................
3/15 means if you pay the bill within 15 you will get a discount by 3%
Now solve your question
178.95−(178.95×0.03)
=173.58 be paid