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1. Question # 1
Part 1

2. Once she got to the shop the dress maker gave her a choice of base
colors for her dress, what she has to choose from is cream, rose,
lavender, and ivory. The fine details of the dress can’t be that same
color as the base color of the dress. How many different dresses can be
born if the fine details on the dress can’t be the same color as the base
color of the dress?
Cream Rose Lavender Ivory

3. In this question there are restrictions, so let us deal with the
restrictions first.

4. In this question there are restrictions, so let us deal with the
restrictions first.
What is the restrictions? The base color of the dress can't be the same
color as the fine details.

5. In this question there are restrictions, so let us deal with the
restrictions first.
What is the restrictions? The base color of the dress can't be the same
color as the fine details.
Let us start with one dress first before we do the others.
Rose
She's getting the
rose color base
dress.

6. In this question there are restrictions, so let us deal with the
restrictions first.
What is the restrictions? The base color of the dress can't be the same
color as the fine details.
Let us start with one dress first before we do the others.
Theres only one
way to get rose
color base dress. 1
Rose
She's getting the
rose color base
dress.

7. In this question there are restrictions, so let us deal with the
restrictions first.
What is the restrictions? The base color of the dress can't be the same
color as the fine details.
Let us start with one dress first before we do the others.
Theres only one
way to get rose
color base dress. 1
Not rose
Rose
Can't be the same color as
the base. Therefore it can be
lavender, cream, or ivory.
She's getting the
rose color base
dress.

8. In this question there are restrictions, so let us deal with the
restrictions first.
What is the restrictions? The base color of the dress can't be the same
color as the fine details.
Let us start with one dress first before we do the others. 4 colors ­ rose = 3 colors.
There are 3 different colors
Theres only one she has to choose from.
way to get rose
color base dress. 1 3
Not rose
Rose
Can't be the same color as
the base. Therefore it can be
lavender, cream, or ivory.
She's getting the
rose color base
dress.

9. In this question there are restrictions, so let us deal with the
restrictions first.
What is the restrictions? The base color of the dress can't be the same
color as the fine details.
Let us start with one dress first before we do the others. 4 colors ­ rose = 3 colors.
There are 3 different colors
Theres only one she has to choose from.
way to get rose
color base dress. 1 3
Not rose
Rose
Can't be the same color as
the base. Therefore it can be
lavender, cream, or ivory.
She's getting the
rose color base
dress.
We multiply the possible ways she can get rose, with
the possibilities that she can't get rose to get the total
possibility for this dress.

10. In this question there are restrictions, so let us deal with the
restrictions first.
What is the restrictions? The base color of the dress can't be the same
color as the fine details.
Let us start with one dress first before we do the others. 4 colors ­ rose = 3 colors.
There are 3 different colors
Theres only one she has to choose from.
way to get rose
color base dress. 1 3
Not rose
Rose
Can't be the same color as
the base. Therefore it can be
lavender, cream, or ivory.
She's getting the
rose color base
dress. 1 x 3 = 3 rose color base, with fine details not rose.
Rose with cream, rose with lavender, rose with ivory.
We multiply the possible ways she can get rose, with
the possibilities that she can't get rose to get the total
possibility for this dress.

11. We repeat this process with each different dress color .
1 x 3 = 3
Rose Not rose

12. We repeat this process with each different dress color .
1 x 3 = 3
Rose Not rose
1 x 3 = 3
Cream Not cream

13. We repeat this process with each different dress color .
1 x 3 = 3
Rose Not rose
1 x 3 = 3
Cream Not cream
1 x 3 = 3
Lavender Not lavender

14. We repeat this process with each different dress color .
1 x 3 = 3
Rose Not rose
1 x 3 = 3
Cream Not cream
1 x 3 = 3
Lavender Not lavender
1 x 3 = 3
Ivory Not ivory

15. We repeat this process with each different dress color .
1 x 3 = 3 We again multiply the separate outcomes together, to
get how many different dresses she can create with
Rose Not rose base color and fine details being different colors.
1 x 3 = 3
Cream Not cream
1 x 3 = 3
Lavender Not lavender
1 x 3 = 3
Ivory Not ivory

16. We repeat this process with each different dress color .
1 x 3 = 3 We again multiply the separate outcomes together, to
get how many different dresses she can create with
Rose Not rose base color and fine details being different colors.
1 x 3 = 3 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 = 81 different dresses
Cream Not cream or
4
3 = 81 different dresses
1 x 3 = 3
Lavender Not lavender
1 x 3 = 3
Ivory Not ivory

17. We repeat this process with each different dress color .
1 x 3 = 3 We again multiply the separate outcomes together, to
get how many different dresses she can create with
Rose Not rose base color and fine details being different colors.
1 x 3 = 3 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 = 81 different dresses
Cream Not cream or
4
3 = 81 different dresses
1 x 3 = 3
Lavender Not lavender
The dress maker can make 81
different dresses with the base and
1 x 3 = 3 fine detail colors being different.
Ivory Not ivory

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