Question

For the dinner special at a restaurant , the customer must choose a salad, an entree, a side dish, and a dessert... How many dinner specials are possible?

Answer 1

The answer is 144 possibilities.

Explanation:

According to the given table, we can count the number of categories.

3 salads (Caesar, garden, southwest)

4 entrees (grilled chicken,pot roast, salmon,lamb)

4 side dish (mix vegetable,baked potato,rice,french fries)

3 desserts (chocolate cake,brownies, ice cream)

To know the total number of possibilities, we will multiply all the categories.

`3*4*4*3=144`

The answer is 144.