To determine how many possible combinations of ice cream you can create, we need to multiply the number of options for each component:

• Ice cream flavors: 15 options
• Cone types: 3 options
• Toppings: 8 options

The total number of combinations is the product of these three values:

$\text{Total combinations} = 15 \times 3 \times 8 = 360$

Thus, there are 360 possible combinations of ice cream you can choose from at the shop.

Would you like more details on this? Or have any questions about the process?

Here are 5 related questions you might find interesting:

1. How would the total number of combinations change if you could choose more than one topping?
2. What happens if the shop increases the number of cone types to 5?
3. How can you represent this problem using a tree diagram?
4. What if you could choose from 20 ice cream flavors and 10 toppings, how many combinations would that give?
5. If you wanted to consider only combinations with unique cones (no repetition), how would the calculation change?

Tip: When solving problems like this, multiplying the number of choices for each category gives you the total number of combinations, assuming all choices are independent.