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The Harris family is selecting a furniture set. A furniture set has a bed, a desk and a dresser. There are 5 beds, 1 desk, and 2 dressers to select from. How many different furniture sets could they select?

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5 sets becuase you have 5 bed
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They can select only one set.

Because a whole set includes one item of each and the store supplies 5 beds, 1 desk, and 2 dressers, that would mean that if the Harris family selects one set, the supply is left with 4 beds, 0 desks, and 1 dresser. After that, there isn't another desk available to supply another furniture set.
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