Jordan has 10 ties, 3 suits, 5 belts, 8 shirts, and 4 pairs of shoes that he chooses from daily to select his professional wardrobe. How many different outfits can he put together?

Answer 1

Use the multiplication rule when nothing in a situation depends on any other thing. Like here, any of the ten ties could go with any of the 3 suits, so there are 10x3, or 30, combinations possible with just those two. Combining them all, 10x3x5x8x4=4800 possible combinations!