Final answer:
Kathy can choose from 28,080 different possible schedules by multiplying the number of sections available for each class: 16 sections of English 101, 10 sections of Music 101, 11 sections of Biology 102, and 13 sections of Math 120.
Step-by-step explanation:
The student's question involves determining the number of different possible schedules that Kathy can choose from given the number of sections available for each class. This is a combinatorics problem in mathematics that can be solved by multiplying the number of choices available for each class.
Kathy has 16 sections of English 101, 10 sections of Music 101, 11 sections of Biology 102, and 13 sections of Math 120 to choose from. Since there are no time conflicts between the classes, she can choose any section from each class independently of the others.
To find the total number of different possible schedules, we multiply the number of options for each class:
Total possible schedules = Number of English 101 sections × Number of Music 101 sections × Number of Biology 102 sections × Number of Math 120 sections
Total possible schedules = 16 × 10 × 11 × 13
To compute this, take the product of all the numbers:
Total possible schedules = 28080
Therefore, Kathy has 28,080 different possible schedules to choose from.