An individual can be classified by gender as male, female, by hair color as black, blonde, and by eye color as black, brown, green, hazel, unknown.
a) How many different classifications are possible (for example, female female, with blonde blonde hair, and black black eyes)?
There are ___ different classifications.
Based on the gender an individual can be classified in 2 ways - Male, Female.
Based on hair color an individual can be classified in 2 ways - black, blonde
Based on the eye color an individual can be classified in 5 ways - black, brown, green, hazel and unknown
The total number of classifications is nothing but the product of individual classifications according to the fundamental theorem of counting.
So, the total number of classifications possible = 2×2×5=20
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