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A coffee shop has 44 different types of coffee. you can order your coffee in a small, medium, or large cup. you can also choose whether you want to add cream, sugar, or milk (any combination is possible, for example, you can choose to add all three). in how many ways can you order your coffee?

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Begin by breaking down all the choices;

44 choices
3 options (small, medium, large)
2 options for cream (cream or no cream)
2 options for sugar (sugar or no sugar)
2 options for milk (milk or no milk)

Hence, multiply the different choices you have: 44×3×2×2×2= 1056 choices

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