text: are you suppose to mulitiply 6 and 8? suppose there are 6 roads connecting town a to town b and 8 roads connecting town b to town c in how many ways. in how many ways can a person travel from a to c via b?  answers are  64 ways 48ways 36ways 14ways 48.  multiply.  you go down road one from a to b and then you have 8 choices to get to c.  you go down road two from a to b and then you have 8 choices to get to c.  8+8+8+8+8+8 or 8*6 or 48.