Question

meal consists of an appetizer, a main dish, a side dish, and a drink. There are 3 appetizer choices, 6 main dish choices, 5 side dish choices, and 4 drink choices. Describe two ways you could find the number of possible combinations. Choose one of the methods to find the answer, and explain your choice.

Answer 1

Sample response: I could use the fundamental counting principle or a tree diagram. Using the fundamental counting principle, there are (3)(6)(5)(4), or 360, possible combinations. The fundamental counting principle is a better method to use because a tree diagram for this situation would be very large.

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Answer 2

Two ways you could find the number of possible combinations is family trees (or whatever it's called) the other way is multiplying the number. 3 x 6 x 5 x 4 = 360. Hoped this helped :)