Determine the Appropriate Counting Technique to Use
-A company makes skirts in 5 different styles. Each style comes in two different fabrics and 4 different colors. How many skirts are available from this company
A) 40
B) 20
C) 9
D) 11

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For each of the 5 styles, there are 2 fabric choices and 4 color choices. So, for each style, there are 2 * 4 = 8 different skirts. Since there are 5 styles, the total number of skirts is 5 * 8 = 40.