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?

There are IN TOTAL 10 color combinations.

Step-by-step 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.