Ms. Lawton is redecorating her office. She has a choice of 8 colors of paint, 2 kinds of curtains, and 5 colors of carpet. How many different ways are there to redecorate?

75 ways

15 ways

103 ways

80 ways

80 different ways ... the fundamental counting theorem says if you have a series of choices, to find the total combined outcomes just multiply the number of options from each choice together. In this case we have 3 choices; paint color (8 options), curtain type (2 options), and carpet color (5 options). We just multiply 8 x 2 x 5 : - )