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Explain what is wrong and why it is wrong.?

John has 3 suits, 10 shirts, and 12 neckties. He will need to buy some more clothes if he wants to come to work each work day in a different outfit for a whole year.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    He will need to buy more clothes. In order to figure out the possible combinations, multiply all 3 together to get 360.

    Since 360 < 365, he will need more clothes to go to work every day in a different outfit.

  • Robert
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    There are 3*10*12=360 combinations of outfits. There are 365 days in a year. That assumes John works every day of the year. Most people work 5 days a week. That means he only shows up to work 5/7*365=261 days a year, which means he does have enough combinations.

  • 1 decade ago

    of different outfits = 3 * 10 * 12 = 360

    So if John come to work more than 360 day a year (how likely is that???), he seemingly needs more clothes.

    BUT if he chooses to make an outfit without a necktie, then we get

    # of different outfits = 3 * 10 * 13 = 390

    which is more than enough to get a different outfit each day

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