While preparing a recording for his application to music school, Liam must follow very specific requirements. The recording must have one classical song and one jazz song, and Liam is proficient at 5 classical songs and 4 jazz songs. Assuming the order of the songs doesn't matter, how many different recordings can Liam make?_____ recordings
Q. While preparing a recording for his application to music school, Liam must follow very specific requirements. The recording must have one classical song and one jazz song, and Liam is proficient at 5 classical songs and 4 jazz songs. Assuming the order of the songs doesn't matter, how many different recordings can Liam make?_____ recordings
Identify Choices: Step 1: Identify the number of choices for each type of song.Liam has 5 classical songs and 4 jazz songs to choose from.
Calculate Total Recordings: Step 2: Calculate the total number of different recordings.Since the order of songs doesn't matter, we use the multiplication principle.Number of recordings = Number of classical songs × Number of jazz songsNumber of recordings = 5×4=20
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