Question

A car manufacturer offers exterior colors of white, blue, red, black, and silver. The manufacturer offers interior colors of black and silver. How many different color combinations are there?

Answer 1

There are IN TOTAL 10 color combinations.

Explanation:

Here, the number of possible colors for exterior color of car are:

White, Blue, Red, Black and Silver

So, in total there are 5 options for Exterior color.

Also, the number of possible colors for interior color of car are:

Black and Silver

So, in total there are 2 options for Interior color.

So, the possible combinations of the car (Exterior + Interior)are:

( White + Black), ( Blue + Black), ( Red + Black), ( Black + Black), (Silver + Black) , ( White + Silver), ( Blue + Silver), ( Red +Silver), ( Black + Silver), (Silver + Silver)

⇒ Total options are: ( First choice) x ( second choice)

= 5 x 2 = 10

Hence, there are IN TOTAL 10 color combinations.