Question

My friend and I are going to eat at a restaurant tonight. I am going to order one appetizer, one main course, a dessert and a drink. I wonder how many options I have available for my whole course selections. There are four appetizers available but one of them has shellfish in it and I am allergic to shellfish. There are 4 main course options, 3 dessert options and 10 drink options but I will definitely order Dr. Pepper because that's all I ever drink. If I list out all the possible meal selections that I might make, how many options would I be writing out?

Answer 1

To calculate the number of options available for the whole course selections, multiply the number of options for each course selection. In this case, the student has 3 main course options (excluding the one with shellfish), 3 dessert options, and 1 drink option (Dr. Pepper). So, there are 9 total options available.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the number of options available for your whole course selections, you need to multiply the number of options for each course selection. In this case, you have 3 available main course options (4 options minus the one with shellfish), 3 dessert options, and 1 drink option (since you have already decided to order Dr. Pepper). So, the total number of options for your whole course selections would be 3 (main course options) multiplied by 3 (dessert options) multiplied by 1 (drink option), which equals 9.