Question

4. A catered menu is to include a soup, a main

course, a dessert, and a beverage. Suppose that
a customer can select from four soups, five
main courses, three desserts, and two beverages.
llow many different menus can be selected?​

Answer 1

180 different menus

Explanation:

I believe that the way you solve this question is to multiply all the numbers of choices together. The product is the answer to this question

Answer 2

120 different menus can be selected

Explanation:

Variations

The catered menu will include a soup (S), a main course (M), a dessert (D), and a beverage (B).

Since there are 4 soups, 5 main courses, 3 desserts, and 2 beverages, one can think of any combination of a general pattern like S-M-D-B. Each place of this pattern can be used in 4,5,3, and 2 ways.

Thus, the total possible variations of the menu are 4*5*3*2= 120.

120 different menus can be selected