Question

Tom got a Mr. Potato Head for his birthday. It came with $3$ hairstyles, $2$ sets of eyebrows, $1$ pair of googly eyes, $2$ sets of ears, and $2$ sets of lips, a pair of regular shoes, and a bonus pair of clown shoes. If a complete Mr. Potato Head personality includes eyebrows, eyes, ears, lips, shoes and optionally hair, how many different wacky personalities can Tom come up with? Note that Mr. Potato Head can be bald. Note: You cannot "mix and match". For example, you cannot take the left eyebrow from one pair and the right eyebrow from the other pair.

Answer 1

64 i did it before

Explanation:

There are 2 choices of eyebrows, 1 choice for eyes, 2 choices for ears, 2 choices for lips, 2 choices for shoes, and 4 choices for hair (3 choices of hairstyles, or bald), and each can be picked independent of the others, so the number of combinations is the product of those, 2*1*2* 2*2*4 = 64

Answer 2

Answer: Tom can come up with 13 different wacky personalities for Mr Potato Head.

Explanation:

Tom can come up with 3 different hairstyles for Mr Potato Head, 2 sets of eyebrows, 1 pair of googly eyes, 2 sets of ears, and 2 sets of lips. He also has 2 pairs of shoes to choose from. If Mr Potato Head can be bald, Tom can also choose to not include a hairstyle.

In total, Tom can come up with 3+2+1+2+2+2+1=13 different combinations of features for Mr Potato Head. Since each combination represents a different personality, Tom can come up with 13 different wacky personalities for Mr Potato Head.