Question

The menu at Tony's Ice Cream Parlor has ice cream flavors and toppings. The ice cream flavors are strawberry, chocolate, and vanilla. The toppings are whipped cream, hot fudge, and nuts. If you can order one ice cream flavor and one topping, how many possible combinations are there?

A. 7 combinations
B. 12 combinations
C. 9 combinations
D. 6 combinations

Answer 1

Answer: C. 9 combinations

Explanation:

Given: The different flavors of ice-cream : strawberry, chocolate, and vanilla

Then , the number of different flavors of ice-cream : 3

The different toppings : whipped cream, hot fudge, and nuts

Then , the number of different toppings : 3

Now, the If we can order one ice cream flavor and one topping, then the number of possible combinations are :-

`3*3=9`

Hence, there are 9 possible combinations.