Question

For the dinner special at a restaurant, the customer must choose an appetizer, a salad, an entree, a side dish, and a dessert.

Here are the items to choose from.

Appetizers: Nachos, Shrimp wingspantail, Cheesesticks, Wings, or Potato Skins

Salads: Casesar, Southwest, or Garden

Entrees: Turkey, Salmon, Steak, Chicken, or Pot Roast.

Sides: Mixed Veggies, Rice, Baked Potato

Dessert: Pie, Cheesecake, Chocolate Cake

Answer 1

How Many Specials are possible?

Answer 2

Wouldn't you just do 19 (number of food choices) times 5 (number of groups)

Answer 3

Ok I'll try that, I tried making a tree chart but I got 6000, and that was just unreasonable lol, so 95 then?

Answer 4

@thomaster can you help?

Answer 5

I'm not 100% if that's how you figure it out..

Answer 6

I tried doing a tree chart, but it gives you live 6000 and I doubt there are that many combinations

Answer 7

Then I tried doing the number of choices times eachother, like 5 x 3 x 5 x 3 x 3

Answer 8

@iambatman

Answer 9

I dunno I guess i'll try 95
I need to move on with the rest of the work

Answer 10

Just multiply them

Answer 11

So like what I said @iambatman

Answer 12

Yeah

Answer 13

I didn't count the amount of items to choose from, but you're right ^.^

Answer 14

OK so 95?

Answer 15

Yes :)

Answer 16

Thanks guys

Answer 17

Welcome :D