the arcade has three pinball machines and five video games.If a person wants to play one pinball machine and one video game,how many different combinations of games could that person play?

There are 3 ways to pick a pinball machine. For each of those choices, there are 5 ways to pick a video game.

# combinations? 3*5

15

15 possible ways?

15

15....~~~<3

To find the number of different combinations of games a person can play by choosing one pinball machine and one video game, we can use the counting principle or multiplication principle.

Step 1: Count the number of choices for each category.
- There are 3 choices for the pinball machine (since there are three available).
- There are 5 choices for the video game (since there are five available).

Step 2: Multiply the number of choices for each category together.
- To find the number of combinations, we multiply the number of choices for the pinball machine (3) by the number of choices for the video game (5).

3 pinball machines × 5 video games = 15 different combinations

Therefore, a person can play 15 different combinations of games by choosing one pinball machine and one video game from the given options.