Question

Jacob is a high school senior applying to a particular art school. All students who want to attend this art school must send in a portfolio that meets very specific requirements. The portfolio must have one black-and-white drawing and one color drawing, and Jacob has 3 favorite black and white drawings and 8 favorite color drawings to choose from. Assuming the order of the pieces doesn't matter, how many different portfolios can Jacob send to the art school?

__ portfolios

Answer 1

24

Explanation:

For each of his 3 B&W drawings, he can send any one of his 8 color drawings. The total possible number of pairs is ...

3×8 = 24 . . . portfolios