Question

To decide what to eat at a restaurant, Frank closes his eyes, places his finger on the menu, and orders whichever dish he places his finger on. He chooses one salad, one main course, and a dessert. If there were 10 possible dishes for each selection, how many possible combinations could he have chosen other than the one he selected?

99

100

999

1,000

Answer 1

Which do you believe it is?

Answer 2

1000?

Answer 3

" chosen other than the one he selected?"

Answer 4

10 times 10 times 10; says he already has an option

Answer 5

so no?

Answer 6

Chances are based on this we subtract one since he already had it

Answer 7

so 999 right

Answer 8

Correct :)

Answer 9

thanks!

Answer 10

I just would like to note with @peachpi since he is seeing this; we need to change the way they word questions because most would pick 1,000 and the truth it's 999.

Answer 11

Do you agree?

Answer 12

yes i agree

Answer 13

yeah I actually helped someone with this earlier. It's an awfully worded question

Answer 14

lol that wasnt for me was it? xD

Answer 15

I don't know. some of these get asked over and over. :p There's one about a couple choosing between bank accounts that I swear pops up every hour