How many outfits are possible from 3 dresses 3 belts and 3 shoes?

Answer 1

Well, the graphical way is to do this:

Dresses: A B C

Belts: K L M

Shoes: R S T

You can have:

A K R

A K S

A K T

A L R

A L S

A L T

A M R

A M S

A M T

That is a total of 9 options for dress A.

So you know this will be repeated for dresses B and C

That's a total of 27 combinations.

Which is the same as 3 * 3 * 3 ... 27 ;-)