Math help can you please help me

Question

There are two girls and a boy on a trivia team. Two questions remain. One team member is randomly picked to answer the first question and a different member is picked to answer the second question. How many ways can the members be chosen to answer the questions?

Answer 1

Hullo, Anson.

Here's how to tackle this type of question.

There are clearly 3 possible choices for the first choice.

Since the same person can't be chosen for question #2, the number of choices is now 2.

Since any first choice can pair with any second choice, the total number of choices is 3 x 2 = 6.

The numbers of boys and girls is irrelevant to this question.