Question

For breakfast, Sarah can choose eggs, granola or oatmeal as a main course, and orange juice or milk for a drink. Sarah says that the sample space for choosing one of each contains 32 = 9 outcomes. What is her error? Explain. Because there are choices for the first item and for the second, there are possible outcomes.

Answer 1

The explanation is given below

Explanation:

Her error is that she multiplied the possibilities of her meal that involves eggs with milk, granola & oatmeal but the possibilities involves orange juice with egg and granola & oatmeal

Now

If she choose milk so she can select eggs, granola, and oatmeal so there are 3 possibilities also with the orange juice there is 3 possibilities

So, the sample space is

= 3 + 3

= 6 outcomes