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Heather is a reporter for the high school newspaper and is writing an article about the football team. Heather wants to interview one freshman and one sophomore on the football team, and there are 66 freshmen and 33 sophomores to choose from. How many different sets of people can Heather interview?\newline____\_\_\_\_ sets

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Q. Heather is a reporter for the high school newspaper and is writing an article about the football team. Heather wants to interview one freshman and one sophomore on the football team, and there are 66 freshmen and 33 sophomores to choose from. How many different sets of people can Heather interview?\newline____\_\_\_\_ sets
  1. Determine Freshman Choices: Determine the number of choices for interviewing a freshman. Heather can choose from 66 freshmen.
  2. Determine Sophomore Choices: Determine the number of choices for interviewing a sophomore.\newlineHeather can choose from 33 sophomores.
  3. Calculate Total Sets: Calculate the total number of different sets of people Heather can interview.\newlineSince the choices are independent, we multiply the number of choices for freshmen by the number of choices for sophomores.\newline66 freshmen choices ×3\times 3 sophomore choices =18= 18 different sets.

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