Question

A catering service offers 8 appetizers, 4 main courses, and 6 desserts. A customer is to select 5 appetizers, 2 main courses, and 5 desserts for a banquet. Inhow many ways can this be done?

Answer 1

The number of ways that the service can be done with 5 appetizers, 2 main courses and 5 desserts is given by the product of 5, 2 and 5:

5·2·5 = 10·5 = 50

Hence, there are 50 ways of doing the service