tom receives 4 different shirts and 4 different ties for his birthday.how many different combinations of shirt and tie could he wear?
To find the number of different combinations of shirts and ties that Tom could wear, we need to multiply the number of options for shirts and ties.
Tom has 4 different shirts, so he has 4 options for selecting a shirt.
Similarly, he has 4 different ties, so he has 4 options for selecting a tie.
To find the total number of combinations, we multiply the number of options for shirts (4) by the number of options for ties (4):
4 shirts * 4 ties = 16 different combinations
Therefore, Tom could wear 16 different combinations of shirts and ties.