A businessman has 6 shirts and 9 ties. How many different shirt and tie outfits can he create?

Answer 1

For each of the 6 shirt options, he has 9 tie options. This means for shirt 1, he has 9 options, shirt 2, he has 9 different options and so on. We can find the total number of combinations by multiplying 9 x 6 = 54. He has 54 options of shirt and tie combinations.