Buyers of television sets are offered a choice of one of three different styles.There are 720 different outcomes if ten customers make a selection.

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The number of outcomes can be calculated using the multiplication principle of counting, which states that the total number of outcomes is the product of the number of choices for each customer. In this case, since each customer has three choices, the total number of outcomes is 3 to the power of 10 (since there are 10 customers) which is 59,049. Therefore, there are more than 720 different outcomes and the statement is false.

Buyers of Television Sets Are Offered a Choice of One