Question

A bowl contains

1 apple
1 banana
1 orange and
1 peach

Jess takes 2 pieces of fruit from the bowl.

Write down all the possible combinations of fruit that Jess can take.

Answer 1

`(1)/(2) n(n - 1) = (12)/(2) = 6`

(Apple, Banana), ( Apple, Orange), (Apple, Peach),

(Banana, Orange), (Banana, Peach),

(Orange, Peach)

Answer 2

1 apple + 1 banana
1 apple + 1 orange
1 apple + 1 peach
1 banana + 1 apple
1 banana + 1 orange
1 banana + 1 peach
1 orange + 1 apple
1 orange + 1 banana
1 orange + 1 peach
1 peach + 1 apple
1 peach + 1 orange

11 combinations of food

Hope this helped