A woman has five blouses of different colors, three skirts of different colors, and two different pairs of shoes. She refuses to wear her pink blouse with her green skirt. How many different blouseskirt-shoe combinations could she wear?  Pick
A) 8	B) 12	C) 28	D) 17	E) 18
total ways = 5*3*2=30..   now its better to find the ways in which the pink blouse and green skirt are together and subtract from total to get the answer..   the ways in which the pink blouse and green skirt are together=1*1*2=2..   total ways =30-2=28..   ANSWER:28
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A woman has five blouses of different colors, three skirts of different colors, and two different pairs of shoes. She refuses to wear her pink blouse with her green skirt. How many different blouseskirt-shoe combinations could she wear?