Four different roads from Town A to Town B, and three different roads run from Town B to Town C. Two roads also run from Town A to Town C, bypassing Town B.

How many different round trips can you make from Town Ato Town Cand back?

81

182

196

196

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve this, I broke it down into two parts.

A. Number of routes going to Town C

4 x 3 + 2 = 14

B. Number of routes going back to Town A

3 x 4 + 2 = 14

From here, it is easy to see what to do. Since there are 14 routes going to Town C and 14 routes going back, the answer is 14 x 14 = 196.