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At the ice cream store, you can pick from two cones, five flavors of ice cream, and three types of

toppings. You pick from one of each type of cone, ice cream flavor, and topping. How many total
types of ice cream cone combinations can you make?

User Sabuz
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Answer:

I believe the answer is 30

Explanation:

You have

2 different types of cones V and U

5 flavors A B C D E

3 toppings 1 2 3

so you would have

VA1

VA2

VA3

VB1

VB2

VB3

VC1

VC2

VC3

VD1

VD2

VD3

VE1

VE2

VE3

and

UA1

UA2

UA3

UB1

UB2

UB3

UC1

UC2

UC3

UD1

UD2

UD3

UE1

UE2

UE3

if I'm wrong I'm sorry

User CurseStacker
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Answer: 30

Step-by-step explanation: you start with the base and go up, you have to options for cones each option has five options to go on top so two times five is ten, the next item is toppings which you have three options, three times ten is 30

User Xophmeister
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