Question

The Walker family is selecting a furniture set. A furniture set has a bed, a desk, and a dresser. There are 2 beds, 2 desks, and 2 dressers to select from. How many different furniture sets could they select?

Answer 1

They can select total 8 different furniture sets.

Explanation:

Here given

The different choice of beds = 2

The different choice of dresser = 2

The different choice of desks = 2

And they need to choose 1 bed, 1 desk , 1 dresser

So, choice available for a desk = 2

Similarly, choice available for dresser = 2

and choice available for bed = 2

HENCE, THE TOTAL CHOICE OF PERMUTATION IS = 2 x 2 x 2 = 8

So they can select their furniture set in 8 different ways.