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Conjugacy and the Class Equation · Challenge problem

Q8×Z3Q_8\times\mathbb{Z}_3 has order 2424. Using that conjugacy classes of a direct product are products of the factors' own classes (cl⁡G×H(g,h)=cl⁡G(g)×cl⁡H(h)\operatorname{cl}_{G\times H}(g,h)=\operatorname{cl}_G(g)\times\operatorname{cl}_H(h), since (a,b)(g,h)(a,b)−1=(aga−1,bhb−1)(a,b)(g,h)(a,b)^{-1}=(aga^{-1},bhb^{-1})), how many conjugacy classes does Q8×Z3Q_8\times\mathbb{Z}_3 have in total?