Question

A radio host plans to play one song from each of the three CDs he has by a single artist. The first

song will come from a CD that has 12 songs. The second song will be selected from a CD that
includes 14 songs while the third CD has 13 songs.
Using the Fundamental Counting Principal find the number of possible ways to play the
music.
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Answer 1

2184 ways

Explanation:

We need to choose exactly one song from each CD, so the number of possible ways to choose a song from a CD is the number of songs in that CD.

The first song is from a CD with 12 songs, so there are 12 possibilities of choosing a song.

The second song is from a CD with 14 songs, so there are 14 possibilities of choosing a song.

The third song is from a CD with 13 songs, so there are 13 possibilities of choosing a song.

Now, to find the number of possible ways to play these songs, we just need to multiply the number of possibilities for each song:

Number of possible ways = 12 * 14 * 13 = 2184 ways