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<br />### 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.<br /><br />## Step 2: Perform the multiplication<br />### Multiply 29 (colors) by 5 (textures): $29 \times 5 = 145$