Question

A restaurant offers the following limited lunch menu. Main Courses: Beef, Pork Roast, Duck, Quiche, Vegetables Corn, Green Beans. Beverages: Coffee, Tea, Milk. Desserts: Ice Cream, Brownies. If one item is selected from each of the four​ groups, in how many ways can a meal be​ ordered?

Answer 1

Answer: 32

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : A restaurant offers the following limited lunch menu.

Main Courses: Beef, Pork Roast, Duck, Quiche.

Vegetables : Corn, Green Beans.

Beverages: Coffee, Tea, Milk.

Desserts: Ice Cream, Brownies.

i.e. Number of choices for Main Courses = 4

Number of choices for Vegetables = 2

Number of choices for Beverages = 2

Number of choices for Deserts =2

We use the famous Fundamental Counting Principle to calculate the number of  ways a meal that can be ordered.

The total number of many ways can a meal be​ ordered =

Product of all number of choices from each group.

=$4\times2\times2\times2=32$

Hence, the number of many ways can a meal be​ ordered =32