Question

How many way to have 1cookie and 1 fruit in a cup if I have 5 kinds of cookie and 3kinds of fruit?
Please, help

Answer 1

5 ways to fill the cookie slot and 3 ways to fill the fruit slot... is it much more complicated than this?

Answer 2

Multiply 5 and 3 ! 15 duhh !

Answer 3

Nope, it's that easy, just not know how to do :)

Answer 4

OK. You're a genius, I know!

All right:

if you take cookie kind 1 ---> 3 different fruits possible
cookie kind 2 ---> 3 different fruits possible
cookie kind 3 ---> 3 different fruits possible
kind 4 ---> 3 different fruits
kind 5 ---> 3 different fruits

So, for each kind, 3 fruits. 5 kinds, so 5 * 3 = 15 ways!

Answer 5

Thank you @ParthKohli

Answer 6

In general, if there are n kinds of one thing and m kinds of another, then n * m is the number of ways.