A person can order a new car with a choice of 15 possible colors, with or without air conditioning, with or without automatic transmission, with or without power windows, and with or without a CD player. In how many ways can a new car be ordered with regard to these options
To calculate the number of ways a new car can be ordered with these options, we need to multiply the number of choices for each option.
Number of color choices: 15
Number of air conditioning choices: 2 (with or without)
Number of automatic transmission choices: 2 (with or without)
Number of power windows choices: 2 (with or without)
Number of CD player choices: 2 (with or without)
To find the total number of ways, we multiply these choices together:
15 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 = 240
Therefore, a new car can be ordered in 240 different ways with regard to these options.