Question

Terrell’s Rib Shack offers ribs in beef, pork, chicken, or tofu. You can also choose between hot, tangy and sweet sauce. How many different combinations of protein and sauce are available?

Answer 1

There are 12 different combinations of protein and sauce available.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the number of different combinations of protein and sauce available, we need to multiply the number of protein options by the number of sauce options. In this case, there are 4 protein options (beef, pork, chicken, tofu) and 3 sauce options (hot, tangy, sweet). So, to get the total number of combinations, we multiply 4 by 3, which gives us 12 different combinations of protein and sauce.

Answer 2

The number of different combinations of protein and sauce that are available is 12.

Step-by-step explanation:

List of protein is:

ribs in beef

pork

chicken

tofu

Total of 4

List of sauce is:

hot

tangy

sweet sauce

Total of 3.

Notice

. Ribs in beef can combine with hot or tangy or sweet sauce (3 combinations)

. Pork can combine with hot or tangy or sweet sauce (3 combinations)

. Chicken can combine with hot or tangy or sweet sauce (3 combinations)

. Tofu can combine with hot or tangy or sweet sauce (3 combinations)

Adding all these, we have

3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 12

The number of different combinations of protein and sauce that are available is 12.