The local paint store offers 29 basic colors each of which can be prepared with one of 5 different textures. How many different paint-texture pairs are possible? There are square different paint-texture pairs (Simplify your answer.)

## Step 1: Calculate the number of paint-texture pairs### There are 29 basic colors and 5 different textures. To find the total number of paint-texture pairs, we multiply the number of colors by the number of textures. This is because for each color, there are 5 texture options.## Step 2: Perform the multiplication### Multiply 29 (colors) by 5 (textures):