Question

For your birthday, your parents take you to dinner and offer to let you have any 2 desserts on the menu. The restaurant, famous for its desserts, lists 8 on its menu. How many different combinations of 2 desserts can you order?

Answer 1

the answer is 28 i made a mistake

Answer 2

u made a mistake???

Answer 3

what do u mean

Answer 4

Nevermind I deleted the post the correct aswer is 28

Answer 5

oh really? can u pls tell me how?

Answer 6

Yes, since there is 8 desserts you would need to multiply it by 7 and then divide it by 2

Answer 7

why multiply by 7 again

Answer 8

Because there is 8 choices for your first time, but then your second time there will only be 7 choices since you already had one of the desserts.

Answer 9

right. ok

Answer 10

thank u

Answer 11

yw