Alicia’s Restaurant has two types of menu items, “dinner plates” and “light eater skillets.” If a diner wants a “dinner plate,” they get a choice of soup or salad. There are five salad dressings and three types of soup. If they order from the “light eaters” selections instead of a dinner plate, they get a choice of toast, bagel or tortillas. How many different outcomes are possible when ordering at Alicia’s Restaurant?

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anonymous · Answer

do we know a choice of dinners too, or do you only get soup or salad?

anonymous · Answer

I don't know that's the whole question i was doing dinner is  3 soups and 5 dressing so = 15

anonymous · Answer

they dont have 13

turingtest · Answer

for the dinner plate (3)(5)=15 choices
for the light plate you have 3 choices
total choices are 18

anonymous · Answer

18 either

turingtest · Answer

sorry, arithmetic mistake earlier

turingtest · Answer

hmm...

anonymous · Answer

choices are 11, 30, 121, 165

anonymous · Answer

says soup OR salad right?

anonymous · Answer

Right since it says what are the possibilities when ordering

turingtest · Answer

oh yeah, that makes a difference

anonymous · Answer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_7C0QGkiVo

anonymous · Answer

you googled for the answer?

turingtest · Answer

cheater...

anonymous · Answer

lol video random dude playing guitar

turingtest · Answer

then its just 5(possible salads)+3(possible soups)+3(from the other plate)=11 it seems

anonymous · Answer

thats the only thing that makes since but seems unlikely

anonymous · Answer

yea it right

turingtest · Answer

yeah but the OR in there seems to leave that as the only option...

anonymous · Answer

got it correct but still dont see how

turingtest · Answer

well if it was soup AND salad then the choices would multiply to 15 like you said, then add the OR 3 possibilities from the other plate would be 18. In other words OR means you add the choices. Since it's all this OR that you just add the choices up.

turingtest · Answer

pretty lame explanation, sorry

anonymous · Answer

it makes sense

turingtest · Answer

if it does to you then I guess you're just smart, 'cause I think my explanation sucked.

anonymous · Answer

lol it makes sense to me cause all my things came out as high numbers past 15+ so im guessing your logic is right

anonymous · Answer

random dude playing a guitar?  it is arlo guthrie (son of another "random dude", woody guthrie) performing his classic anti war tune "alice's restaurant"