Chapter 13, Problem 12SGR

To determine

If a pair of men’s shoes comes in whole sizes 5 through 13 in colors navy, brown and black then how many different pair could be selected?

Answer to Problem 12SGR

The total number of selected pair is $27$ .

Explanation of Solution

Given information: It is given that the pair of men’s shoes comes in whole sizes 5 through 13 in colors navy, brown and black.

Calculation: Since the pair of men’s shoes comes in whole sizes 5 through 13 in colors navy, brown and black. Therefore by fundamental principle of counting the total number of selected pair are evaluated as,

  $\begin{array}{c}\text{Total selected pairs}=\left(9\right)\left(3\right)\\ =27\end{array}$

Hence the total number of selected pair is $27$ .