Question

A convenient store has 8 different types of drinks and 12 types of chips. How many different drink and chip combinations are possible when choosing one item of each?

Answer 1

Total number of possible combination is 96.

Explanation:

The store has 8 different types of drinks.

8 types of drinks can be selected in
`8C_(1)` = 8 ways.

12 types of chips can be selected in
`12C_(1)` = 12 ways.

It is given that a combination is choosing one item of each.

Hence, total number of possible combination is 8 × 12 = 96.