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Sanjay is building a set of reference materials for his office. He can choose from 44 dictionaries and 22 thesauruses. Assuming he wants only one of each type of book, how many different sets of reference materials can Sanjay put together?\newline____\_\_\_\_ sets

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Q. Sanjay is building a set of reference materials for his office. He can choose from 44 dictionaries and 22 thesauruses. Assuming he wants only one of each type of book, how many different sets of reference materials can Sanjay put together?\newline____\_\_\_\_ sets
  1. Count Choices: Step 11: Count the choices for dictionaries and thesauruses. Sanjay has 44 dictionary options and 22 thesaurus options.
  2. Apply Principle: Step 22: Apply the Basic Counting Principle. Multiply the number of choices for dictionaries by the number of choices for thesauruses to find the total number of different sets. Calculation: 44 dictionaries ×2\times 2 thesauruses =8= 8 sets.

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