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Quincy's family is going to get a hamster, but first they need to buy the supplies. The pet store has 33 cages and 55 kinds of wood shavings to cover the floor of the cage. How many different ways can Quincy's family set up a home for their hamster?\newline____\_\_\_\_ ways

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Q. Quincy's family is going to get a hamster, but first they need to buy the supplies. The pet store has 33 cages and 55 kinds of wood shavings to cover the floor of the cage. How many different ways can Quincy's family set up a home for their hamster?\newline____\_\_\_\_ ways
  1. Identify Choices: Identify the number of choices for each category.\newlineQuincy's family has 33 choices for cages and 55 choices for kinds of wood shavings.
  2. Use Principle: Use the fundamental counting principle.\newlineTo find the total number of different ways to set up the hamster's home, multiply the number of choices for cages by the number of choices for wood shavings.\newlineTotal ways = Number of cage choices ×\times Number of wood shaving choices\newlineTotal ways = 3×53 \times 5
  3. Perform Multiplication: Perform the multiplication to find the total number of different ways.\newlineTotal ways = 3×5=153 \times 5 = 15

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