Question

A restaurant offers a lunch special for $5.99 that includes 1 sandwich, 1 side dish, and 1 drink. Menu Sandwiches: grilled cheese, turkey, chicken salad, roast beef Sides: potato salad, garden salad, pasta salad Drinks: juice, water, iced tea Use the fundamental counting principle to find the number of possible lunch combinations that can be made from the menu. 6 10 12 36

Answer 1

There are 4 sandwiches,  3 sides and 3 drinks.

the lunch special includes one of each so the total combinations would be found by multiplying all the choices together:

4 * 3 * 3 =36 different combinations

Answer 2

Answer:

Therefore 36 combinations can be made from the menu.

Step-by-step explanation:

A restaurant offers a lunch special for $5.99 that includes 1 sandwich, 1 side dish and 1 drink.

Now we look at the menu how many types of these items

Sandwiches : Grilled cheese, Turkey, Chicken salad, roast beef (4 types)

Sides : potato salad, garden salad, pasta salad (3 types)

Drinks : Juice, water, iced tea (3 types)

Now to find the number of possible lunch combinations that can be made from the menu we just multiply to each types :

= 4 × 3 × 3 = 36

Therefore 36 combinations can be made from the menu.