A parent can choose from 7 types of protein, 5 vegetables and 3 desserts. If the parent serves a meal of 1 protein, 1 vegetable and 1 dessert to the family, how many different meals can be served?

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siddharth · Answer

I am not sure about this but here goes my attempt:

There are three "spots" in the meal:

1 Protein, 1 Vegetable, 1 Dessert

For the protein spot, we have 7 choices. For the vegetable spot, we have 5, and 3 for the dessert spot.

So, the total number of combinations is 7*5*3 = 105

anonymous · Answer

Very nice.