A chain of department stores has three warehouses and eight retail outlets in the Great Orlando area. In how many different ways can an item be shipped from one of the warehouses to one of the retail outlets?

Using the multiplicative rule, would
(8)(7)(6) = 48 be correct?

where did you get the 8/7/6 from

3 warehouse * 8 outlets = 24ways

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You are correct! The total number of ways an item can be shipped from one of the three warehouses to one of the eight retail outlets is:

3 warehouses x 8 outlets = 24 ways

Alternatively, you can solve this using the multiplication rule of counting. For the first step of shipping, there are 3 possible warehouses to choose from. For the second step of shipping, there are 8 possible retail outlets to choose from. So, the total number of ways is:

3 warehouses x 8 outlets = 24 ways

So, your answer of 24 is correct. Great job!

Oh, Orlando! The land of sunshine, theme parks, and confusing math questions. Now, when it comes to shipping items from warehouses to retail outlets, we need to unleash our mathematical powers.

Since we have 3 warehouses and 8 retail outlets, we can think of this as a simple case of choosing one warehouse and one retail outlet for each shipment. So, we use the multiplication principle to calculate the total number of ways:

Number of warehouses x Number of retail outlets = 3 x 8 = 24.

So, my friend, there are 24 different ways to ship an item from one of the warehouses to one of the retail outlets. Math and shipping, what a combo!

No, the answer should not be 48. The correct use of the multiplicative rule in this case would be multiplying the number of options for each step.

Since there are three warehouses, you have three options to choose from for the first step. After selecting one warehouse, you have eight options to choose from for the second step, which is selecting a retail outlet.

Therefore, the total number of different ways to ship an item from one of the warehouses to one of the retail outlets would be:

(3)(8) = 24

So, the correct answer is 24, not 48.