A Protein-Coding Primary Transcript Contains 3 Exons That May Be

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A protein-coding primary transcript contains 3 exons that may be alternatively spliced in such a way that the processed messenger RNA may contain any 1, any 2, or all 3 exons. How many alternatively processed transcripts are possible?

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