### Instruction: A boy wants to go abroad by boat and return by flight. He has a choice of 2 different boat to go and 8 flight to return. In how many ways, can the boy perform his journey?
Answer Choices: (A) 20 (B) 16 (C) 45 (D) 18 (E) 70 Please respond by writing a program in Python.### Response: # The boy has 2 choices for the boat and 8 choices for the flight.
# The total number of ways to perform the journey is the product of the number of choices for each leg of the journey.
total_ways = 2 * 8
print(total_ways)