Given:
Number of winter coats = 2
Number of hats = 4
Number of scarves = 3
To find:
The total number of different outfit combinations.
Solution:
Number of winter coats is 2. So, the number of ways to select a winter coat from 2 coats is 2.
Number of hats is 4. So, the number of ways to select a hat from 4 hats is 4.
Number of scarves is 3. So, the number of ways to select a scarf from 3 scarves is 3.
So, the total number of ways is:
[tex]2\times 4\times 3=24[/tex]
Therefore, Helen have 24 different outfit combinations.