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HURRY I NEED HELP NOW PLS. For his lunch, David is making a sandwich that must consist of bread, cheese, and meat. David can choose from white, French or rye bread, either American or Swiss cheese, and the choice of turkey, ham or pastrami as a meat. Create a tree diagram to represent the combinations of bread, cheese, and meat David could make for his sandwich

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3 types of bread, 2 types of cheese, and 3 types of meat.

I have attempted a tree diagram below:

A—> american cheese

S—>Swiss cheese

T—>turkey

P—>pastrami

H—>ham

white bread french bread rye bread

| | |——————- —————- -—————

| | | | | | | | |

T H. P. T. H. P. T. H. P

| | | | | |. | | |

—- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —-

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

A S A. S. A. S A. S. A. S A. S. A. S. A. S A S

Therefore you can know the number of combinations by counting the branches at the bottom so there are 18 combinations total. I hope this helps

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