Question

You are having dinner at a restaurant that serves 5 kinds of pasta (spaghetti, bow ties, fettuccine, ravioli, and macaroni) in 4 different flavors (tomato sauce, cheese sauce, meat sauce, and olive oil). If you randomly pick your kind of pasta and flavor, what is the probability that you’ll end up with bow ties, cheese sauce, or both?

Answer 1

you will get

36 total possible combinations

Explanation:

There are 5 kinds of pasta, and the probability of getting bow ties is 1/5. There are 4 flavors, and the probability of getting cheese sauce is 1/4. If you multiply the number of pasta kinds by the number of flavor kinds.