Find the number of possible combinations choose one of three books and one of eight CDs to bring on a bus trip

There is a possibility of 24 combinations I believe

There are 3 possibilities when choosing 1 of 3 books.

There are 8 possibilities when choosing 1 of 8 books.

Events are independent of each other so "and" would be to multiply.

3 * 8 = 24 possible combinations

You can also see by writing out the possibilities ...

Say names of books are {A, B, C} and names of CD's are {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8

B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8

C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8