1. Students at Rise Middle School are required to wear uniforms to school. Each student has the choice of wearing blue or khaki pants and a red, white, or green shirt. The student council wants to add black pants and maroon shirts to the school's uniform outfit choices. Which of the following is the number of new outfits that the students would have to choose from?
Answer: C
Students would have 6 new outfits to choose from.
With the addition of black pants and maroon shirts to the existing uniform options, students would have a total of 6 new outfit combinations.
A) 3
Option A is incorrect because it does not account for all the combinations possible with the new uniform choices. The calculation shows that there are more than three combinations available after adding the new options.
B) 5
Option B is also incorrect as it underestimates the total number of outfit combinations. The addition of black pants and maroon shirts increases the variety beyond just five combinations.
C) 6
Option C is correct. Students originally have 6 combinations (2 pants options × 3 shirt options = 6). With the introduction of black pants and maroon shirts, they gain an additional 3 combinations, making a total of 6 new outfits (3 new combinations).
D) 7
Option D is incorrect because it overestimates the total number of outfit combinations. The correct calculation results in 6, not 7, when considering the new uniform items.
Conclusion
The correct answer is 6 new outfits since the addition of black pants and maroon shirts complements the existing uniform choices of blue and khaki pants and red, white, or green shirts. All other options fail to accurately reflect the total combinations possible with the new selections.