Question

A pizzeria offers 10 different toppings. They have pepperoni, green peppers, onion, bacon, sausage, pineapple, ham, spinach, chicken and extra cheese. a. State if this problem is a permutation or combination. Briefly explain your reasoning.

Answer 1

combination

Explanation:

We have that permutations are groupings in which the order of the objects matters. Combinations are groupings where content matters but order does not.

In this case we have a list of ingredients for the pizza, therefore the order does not matter as long as the ingredients are indicated, which means that this is an example of a combination.